Dermot Desmond’s challenge to ex-Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers shouldn’t come as a shock – he has always shot from the hip

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The shock at Dermot Desmond’s blistering assessment of departing Glasgow Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers’ stint at the club suggests sports journalists live more sheltered lives than many of the rest of us. A “rare public outburst” and “staggeringly out of character” was how the sports section of The Times described Dermot Desmond’s ferocious parting shot.