It feels like a lifetime ago that Brendan Rodgers chose to walk away from the Celtic job. In reality, it was only a year ago. So much has happened since then.

Martin O'Neill was brought in Rodgers' interim and steadied the ship before being replaced by Wilfried Nancy. The Frenchman lasted merely a month in the job before being sacked.

O'Neill returned as interim manager, won a league and cup double, and was eventually handed the job on a permanent basis despite being 74 years of age. Unfortunately, in hindsight, that seems to have been a poor decision.

Celtic are struggling at the moment, and it feels like the same situation as a year back, when Rodgers quit.

Obviously, another talking point coming out of that exit was the reaction of Dermot Desmond. Rodgers has stayed silent on the matter since then. Will that chance come when he makes a return to Glasgow on 14 June of next year for an event organised by A Celtic State of Mind?

While speaking on PLZ Soccer, journalist Stephen McGowan said on the matter (via Celts Are Here): “Well, I don’t know how much… That’s the key question. How much can he set the record straight as he sees it? I mean, I would imagine there is some kind of legal restriction. Maybe that was time, but I don’t know.”

Further discussing the potential of Rodgers giving his side of the events, McGowan said: “Nobody knows. Will he just come back and just indulge in kind of gentle platitudes? Do you come back? Do you declare war on Dermot Desmond? Is that a very dangerous policy? I would suggest it’s possibly is.”

If there is one thing that has become clear since Rodgers' exit, it is that major problems are still very much present at Parkhead.

The club might have been successful in turning things around last season under O'Neill, but they are struggling badly this season.

At this point in time, it is no longer a matter of Celtic being the best team in Scotland. It is more about whether the Rangers and Hearts can overtake them, because the Hoops have deteriorated over the past few years without a shadow of a doubt.

When the team loses, the fingers are almost always pointed towards the manager first. But have they been given the best conditions to succeed?

There needs to be a serious discussion around the lack of ambition that Celtic often end up showing in the summer. This season serves as the perfect example.

Instead of attacking the situation and building a team that can qualify for the Champions League, Celtic waited to ensure qualification before bringing in reinforcements and replacements in important positions.

They failed to qualify once again, and it clearly ended up having an impact on their recruitment in the final few weeks of the window, as the club ended up relying on loan deals and youngsters and did not end up signing first-team-ready talents. That is down to the board and their vision.