Celtic have promised frustrated fans the club's new manager will be appointed "as soon as possible".
In a lengthy update issued to season ticket holders on Friday, the club acknowledge supporter anxiety over the long-running process to recruit Neil Lennon's successor.
Lennon resigned 72 days ago and despite Eddie Howe remaining Celtic's top target there's been no official announcement.
Celtic say they "appreciate" the need to have a new man in place is urgent but insist regular comment on the process is not possible.
The update said: "As a valued Celtic supporter, we wanted to provide you with an update on a few key subjects.
"The club is working hard to complete the appointment of the new Celtic manager and relevant football staff and will be doing all we can to confirm this as soon as possible to our supporters.
"Rightly there will always be a huge appetite for information from our supporters – unfortunately we are not able to make regular public comment on this matter, but we fully understand and appreciate the need to complete this process as soon as we can.
"We also acknowledge and understand the frustration of our supporters during this process, but our objective of course is to ensure that we secure the best candidate possible to take the club forward and this is our focus. We will update all our supporters through our club communications channels as soon as we are able to."
Incoming CEO Dominic McKay has joined the club early as he prepares to take the reins from the retiring Peter Lawwell this summer, with the pair "working closely" to ensure a smooth transition.
The pair intend to meet with Celtic's "main" supporters' groups by next week.
The update continued: "We are now in a transitional period in respect of our chief executive handover. Peter Lawwell, our CEO is working closely with incoming CEO Dominic McKay on a successful handover to ensure that we are ready for next season across all aspects of the club, with considerable planning and preparatory work already undertaken.
"Importantly, Peter and Dom along with colleagues plan to have met with all our main supporters' groups by next week. Engagement and dialogue with all our supporters is crucial to everyone at the club.
"We recognise there are many challenges ahead, but we are all ready to tackle these together, with our aim as always, to give our supporters a club they can be proud of based on the great Celtic values."
Despite a gradual relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions across Scotland, details around a full return of football fans to stadia remain sketchy.
And Celtic insist they remain at the forefront of getting supporters back through the gates, vowing to make an announcement on season tickets for 2021/22.
The continued uncertainty over restrictions has raised questions over which form these will take after fans were limited to watching via club media channels this term.
Celtic said: "We also aim very shortly to make an announcement on season tickets. Clearly there are a number of issues concerning the return of supporters to matches and we hope to give our fans as much clarity as possible in terms of the proposals for next year.
"Again we understand that supporters are wishing to make plans for next season so these details will be announced by the Club as soon as possible.
"Ensuring that our fans can return to Celtic Park is a major priority and we are working closely with all the relevant authorities including the Scottish Government to be ready, when given the go ahead, to safely welcome our supporters back to the stadium.
"Again, Celtic will always aim to be at the forefront of these discussions on behalf of our supporters. We want our fans back with us more than anything to create our special Celtic Park atmosphere and we want to do all we can to make this happen for you as soon as possible.
"We have not been able to deliver the kind of season we have become so used to and after such a sustained period of success, we sincerely understand the disappointment and frustration of our supporters - now we make it our objective to return the club to the top in the shortest possible timeframe.
"This is the intention of us all at Celtic, as ever we are highly motivated and aiming to do all we can to bring success back to the club and we are sure, working together with our supporters that this can be achieved.
"We thank all our fans for your fantastic continued support.
"We look forward to keeping you updated.
"Kind regards
"Celtic Football Club"
