Celtic sacked member of staff over leaked transfer list that included Chelsea star and ex-Man Utd player
A document exposing Celtic’s transfer plans was leaked before the 2019/20 season.
The club took efforts to seek down the person who leaked the transfer document.
Following a meeting, cleaner Maureen Quinn was terminated with immediate effect, as was her son, Edward Quinn, who was suspended from his security position at the club’s Lennoxtown training base.
Maureen told The Daily Record: “It’s a disgrace.
“I’ve done nothing wrong and I’m getting blamed for whatever this is. I know my son would do nothing wrong either. We’re just scapegoats. I want to clear my name.”
She added: “They pulled me in three times for meetings about this.
“In my job at Lennoxtown, I empty bins and transport them to the bin room using a cart. They believe I looked through the dumpsters and found this document, which I delivered to my son, who photographed it.
“I support Celtic because my son and husband do, but I can’t name half of their players.” I don’t care what’s on a piece of paper.
“I was in tears.” I’m gutted and ill for Edward, too.”
The leaked transfer list includes Chelsea’s Reece James, who had recently spent a season on loan at Wigan Athletic, and Scott McTominay, who joined Napoli last summer from Manchester United.
James Justin, who left Luton Town for Leicester City, and Fikayo Tomori, who played for Derby County in
At the time, a Celtic spokesperson said: “This is an internal matter. We are satisfied that the club has acted appropriately.” Edward had been employed by Celtic since 2008, stewarding games before moving onto security work. He said: “About 30 people work at the training centre. Celtic had a club lawyer and head of security question everyone in the building on their own. They got me and my mum back in for second interviews. “They showed me a photo of a hand holding a piece of paper. My boss said, ‘I think they look like your nails’. I showed them my nails, which aren’t as short as those in the photo “They also referred to me going into the football admin office on the morning
The leaked paper reveals transfer plans after Fabian Barthez’s move to Marseille in April 2004 for the 2004/05 Premier League season.
United failed to retain their title the previous season, placing third behind Chelsea and Arsenal’s ‘Invincibles’.
Ferguson’s failure to secure all of his desired recruits before to the season may have contributed to United’s failure to win the Premier League title in 2003/04.
According to the leaked transfer list, the renowned manager had chosen five players to join ahead of the campaign, but only three were brought to Old Trafford.
The sheet also included a list of all players in the senior squad, even those deemed ‘extra’ by the management.
Diego Forlan and Nicky Butt, both circled, were among those in the ‘excess’ column.
There was also a ‘young potential’ segment, which included David Jones, Chris Eagles, and Dong Fangzhou, who joined the club in January.
That column also contained Tom Heaton, the only player on the entire list who is still registered as a United player today.
And the final section was dedicated to Ferguson’s transfer targets, four of whom were defenders. He signed Gabriel Heinze and Gerard Pique from PSG and Barcelona, respectively. Pique was a young signing.
He also signed Alan Smith, who made a controversial move from Leeds to Old Trafford.
His other defensive objectives were Philippe Mexes and Vincent Kompany. Kompany, however, remained in Anderlecht.
Mexes joined Roma from Auxerre in June 2004, where he spent seven mainly successful seasons before moving to AC Milan.
Kompany joined Hamburg in 2006 before moving to Manchester City, where he became a legend two years later.
United spent another two seasons without winning the league until ending their brief spell in 2006/07. They went on to win two consecutive league titles.
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