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Celtic fans are not happy with West Brom technical director Luke Dowling after comments criticising Neil Lennon for his handling of Oliver Burke.
Burke spent the second half of last season on loan at Celtic Park, arriving in the January transfer window when Brendan Rodgers was still in charge of the club.
After Lennon took interim charge though the player went on to make just eight more appearances, failing to score once.
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West Brom feel the player’s lack of progress is squarely on Lennon’s shoulders.
Dowling told The Express & Star:
“We sent Oli to Celtic in good faith with Brendan Rodgers and Lee Congerton, some really good people up there that wanted to take Oli and wanted to play Oli.
“They wanted to make him a better player than he currently is. We forget how young he still is.
“Once Brendan left to go to Leicester the treatment he got from the manager that’s in place now is something we don’t expect for one of our players. He won’t be going anywhere near Celtic. “
Celtic didn’t take long to defend their manager, with the club releasing a statement claiming that Dowling’s comments were “ridiculous and completely inaccurate.”
Hoops fans too weren’t particularly happy with the comments, with some feeling that the player never showed enough on the pitch to get the opportunities that West Brom were apparently looking for.
Odsonne Edouard netted nine times after the arrival of Lennon, many of them coming in big matches, so it’s not really a surprise that Burke didn’t get the nod in the striking position.
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Supporters have taken to to Twitter on Tuesday to share their thoughts on it all…
