Simon Jordan crunches Celtic vs Feyenoord finances as he accuses Jim White of 'degrading' Parkhead value
dailyrecord.co.ukSimon Jordan insists Celtic can’t use a gulf in revenue as an excuse for defeat to Feyenoord after their miserable Champions League run continued in Rotterdam but insists Brendan Rodgers’ aim to progress in Europe shouldn’t be to earn a return to the English Premier League.The former Crystal Palace owner was involved in an on-air spat with talkSPORT co-host Jim White over the Parkhead side’s standing among Europe’s elite as he accused the Scot of “degrading” the Hoops in his argument that Rodgers will be looking to use the competition to catch the eye of top flight clubs in England.Ex Liverpool star Danny Murphy weighed into the debate following Celtic’s 2-0 loss in De Kuip, coming out fighting in defence of the Scottish champions as he backed them to beat Lazio and Feyenoord at Parkhead to put themselves in with a chance of reaching the knockout stage.
But White kicked off by saying: “Celtic have got to get going in the Champions League. They’ve forgotten how to win in this kind of company.“They’re without a win in 11 games in the Champions League proper, since Anderlecht in 2017.
If you keep up form like that you don’t need to be a genius to realise you’re going to go precisely nowhere in this elite competition.
They’ve carried on where they left off in the Champions League. They have lost 59 per cent of their Champions League games - the highest ratio of any club with at least 50 games played in this competition.
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