Celtic have issued a response after being accused of a "lack of humility, awareness and accountability" by their own fans.
Celtic Fans Collective (CFC) were invited in to meet with Parkhead chiefs having raised concerns about the direction of the club after a poor summer transfer window and some below par performances as a result of that.
Supporter groups within the wider collective shelved plans for silent protests at games as a result of that invitation being extended. However, they were not pleased with how the meeting unfolded and released a scathing statement this afternoon.
As well as a "lack of humility, awareness and accountability", club officials said to have "repeatedly questioned or rejected the premise of questions" and defended the footballing strategy.
Transfer strategy was defended with factors, including tax laws in other countries, cited by representatives.
Celtic have now responded to that earlier communication with a statement of their own.
A spokesperson said: "In response to issues raised in recent weeks about the Club’s strategy and operations, we invited representatives of fan groups to meet with Michael Nicholson, Chris McKay and Club executives at Celtic Park and this took place on Monday evening.
"It was, and remains, our intention to provide a full minute of the meeting for the interest of the wider fan base. However, with content already being distributed online from the meeting, we are also providing an earlier update.
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"The Club sought to comment openly on the issues raised to the extent that it is possible to do so, without prejudicing Club operations and confidentiality.
"We acknowledged that the Club is not where we want it to be at the moment, that we have not achieved all of our objectives in the summer transfer window and the Champions League, and that mistakes have been made from which we will learn. We recognise the concerns raised, share the frustrations of our supporters and valued the opportunity to hear from supporters last night.
"Our immediate objective is to seek to make progress, without negatively impacting on the team on the field of play, and that we continue to focus on delivering success this season.
"We intend to issue minutes soon, but outputs from the meeting included a commitment to seek to ensure supporter involvement in meetings with Police Scotland regarding the Fairhurst Report, the review and development of supporter engagement processes, and progressing a new safe standing working group.
"The Club offered to continue to meet with supporters’ organisations moving forward and is committed to ongoing dialogue with our wider support. We have always engaged in regular discussions with supporter groups and will continue to do so, with the aim of ensuring that we can work collaboratively and positively in the best interests of our team on the pitch and our Club as a whole."
