Celtic say "profit from transfer of player registrations" was £14.1m, down from £21.5m, while "acquisition of player registrations" more than halved to £13.7m.

The club had cash reserves of £67.4m at 31 December, down around £10m from the figure posted for the year to June 2025.

Chairman Brian Wilson acknowledged there had been "a great deal of change and disruption" during the accounting period.

"Our exit from the Champions League in August 2025 was a bitter blow," he said.

"Appointing a manager in mid-season inevitably comes with challenges, and regrettably the implementation of Wilfried's style and ideas did not achieve our immediate objective of winning games and we took the difficult decision to part company with Wilfried in January 2026.

"We again turned to Martin, Shaun Maloney and Mark Fotheringham and their backroom colleagues to steer the club through to the coming summer and are pleased to have seen Celtic return to winning football matches in early 2026.

"We owe them and the players, who have also had to deal with change and uncertainty, a great debt of gratitude."

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