Ex- Celtic striker Charlie Nicholas has blasted the Hoops board for lacking ambition, whilst insisting the move to appoint Ange Postecoglou as manager smacks of 'desperation'.
The Parkhead club are reportedly on the brink of naming the Greek-born Australian coach as the successor to Neil Lennon after first-choice Eddie Howe pulled out of the running last week.
Postecoglou could be named as soon as this week but Nicholas is far from impressed by the recruitment search carried out since Lennon departed Celtic Park back on February 24.
Nicholas now seems to be fearing the worst for his former employers, and he wrote in his Daily Express column: "The impending appointment of Ange Postecoglou is hardly a statement of intent from Celtic.
"There's nothing wrong with having a plan B - but this is not plan B. This is desperation.
"I will give Postecoglou a chance because I'm a supporter but is the former Australia boss really the height of the club's ambitions?
"It has nothing to do with his lack of knowledge of the Scottish game or me looking down on football in the southern hemisphere.
"If this is the man Celtic are bringing in then their fans simply have to accept it.
"This is where the club is at.
"It is mind-blowing how far behind the eight ball Celtic seem to be.
"I have said in this column on more than one occasion that they should have approached Xavi or Xabi Alonso. They would have been better, more productive candidates than Eddie Howe.
"It scares me just how unambitious the club has become, going from a position of strength to where they find themselves now.
"Luring Postecoglou from Yokohama F Marinos is not quite the same as when Arsene Wenger left Japanese football to join Arsenal in 1996.
"The Parkhead hierarchy have left the club in this situation. I don't blame new chief executive Dominic McKay.
"It's his predecessor Peter Lawwell and Dermot Desmond who have made such a pig's ear of things in such a short space of time.
"The question is how did they manage to let things slide? Arrogance? Laziness? Complacency? All of the above?
"With the exception of Brendan Rodgers, their managerial appointments have been made in haste.
"The lack of football knowledge among tthose holding the purse strings has now come back to bite them.
"It is so alarming that Celtic have fallen to this level."
