What does future hold after Celtic turn to the past?

A DeLorean might be parked outside the large glass front door if you showed up at Celtic Park today.

The iconic Back to the Future film series is celebrating its 40th anniversary in theaters, but it’s the Scottish champions who are choosing to take a step back in time after Brendan Rodgers abruptly resigned as interim manager 20 years later.

After reading the news on Monday, Rodgers and Dermot Desmond’s scandal spilled into the public domain via Celtic’s largest shareholder’s statement, which was so box office-heavy that it almost sucked up the most air.

Rodgers had resigned, Celtic’s initial statement on Monday stated. Desmond then reiterated this in a statement while also making a broadside of the former manager.

The club’s upper echelons were the first to respond in kind with a public account from Rodgers.

The now-deceased Celtic manager has been repeatedly questioned about the lack of transfer activity and the quality of those who were actually hired since the summer and has responded to questions since.

How did Rodgers feel after the transfer window closed? At his press conference on September 12th, he proclaimed “Empty.”

In the same media opportunity, he continued to mention “cowardly” deeds from a club insider who claimed to be attempting to create a career for himself.

He also racked up lyricism about how much he cherished Desmond.

His team needed to support him without a doubt: Nicolas Kuhn and Kyogo Furuhashi both sold, while Jota’s long-term injury has severely hindered his recovery.

This has grown worse as a result of key player injuries and new players struggling to make an impact.

Only three summer recruits contributed to Hearts’ Sunday defeat.

Rodgers was deeply disappointed with his squad’s standard and his disappointment that he did not receive the desired level during the transfer window.

Okay, but it’s undeniable that his team hasn’t been performing at their best under his recent leadership.

Only just before the Champions League championship match, Celtic were just seconds away. With extra time beckoning until the 94th minute Alphonso Davies aggregate winner, they were 1-0 up against Bayern in Munich.

Celtic have won 31 games since that time. In 14 of them, they gave up a lead in the Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen, which they failed to win.

The Parkhead squad is valued at £115 million, according to Transfermarkt. Hearts, the league leader, is valued at just over £16 million, to put that into context.

You’d only pay £6 million for the Dundee squad, presumably, if they won the game against Celtic.

In O’Neill, they have done it once more, though only as an interim option, just like Celtic did when Ange Postecoglou left for Tottenham.

When promoted Falkirk travel to Celtic Park, he will be joined by his former teammate Shaun Maloney in the home dugout. He is regarded as one of the club’s most well-known managers in the past.

All those present will experience a surreal scene, none more so than O’Neill himself.

He described how, when the call came in to enter the breach and had ten minutes to decide, he had to “pull myself up off the floor.”

The 73-year-old is the only Celtic manager to have the highest win percentage, and he was on the verge of clinching two more league titles as well as a Uefa Cup title in 2003.

Names like Craig Bellamy, Kieran McKenna, and Postecoglou are already mentioned as Rodgers’ long-term replacements.

Fans should be looking forward to seeing Falkirk win, especially since a section of the fanbase has been actively protesting against the club’s board and a second demonstration is planned.

On Sunday, Rangers will play in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final at Hampden.

The two managers in the first Old Firm meeting of the season will not attend the second meeting just two months later, which is quite incredible.

For the first time in their history, both clubs have parted ways with their managers during the same campaign.

By the time the third Old Firm game is played in the new year’s eve, there is a real chance that there will be a third player in the Celtic dugout.

The players’ concerns are not the past or the future; rather, it is the present.

O’Neill and Maloney need to change the narrative right away, lifting the storm clouds. That would undoubtedly happen if they won their next two games.