THERE are three routes that Celtic could go down in terms of their new manager and their approach to the summer transfer window.
The easiest of them all is to give Neil Lennon the job and allow him to continue at Parkhead second time around.
The Northern Irishman has had time to work with and assess the squad he inherited from Brendan Rodgers and will have determined who must stay, who can go and what needs done in the market.
Lennon can’t command the same wages as Rodgers and has shown he can be successful without spending what Celtic have done under Rodgers in recent years as tens of millions were ploughed into the first team infrastructure.
The second option is to have a similar financial approach but trust a new boss with the transfer kitty.
Money will still have to be made available, but a coach at a level below Rodgers would have to accept the limitations of the budget and Champions League football could prove harder to achieve as a result.
Then there is the route that saw Rodgers arrive at Parkhead on a pay packet that dwarfed anyone else in Scotland and with an expectation that significant sums would be put his way when it comes to buying players.
That is the riskiest of them all for Celtic. Can they afford to speculate to accumulate once again? Having just done it with Rodgers, Lawwell must decide if it is worth it all again.
The money is there. But how much Celtic want to spend will determine what kind of boss lands the job.
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