Brendan Rodgers’ sudden and acrimonious departure from Celtic has occurred at the worst possible time for them. Hearts may never have a better chance of winning the league since their last triumph in 1960. This is why it all matters, writes Kevin McKenna.

In no particular order, these were the major political and social events unfolding across Scotland this week.

The Herald reported that the UK's second biggest local government pension fund, serving hundreds of thousands of Scots staff, has breached the law in a £1.7 billion public pension scandal.

Elsewhere, it was reported that a military barracks in Inverness is to be used to house asylum seekers. A Labour MP, Joani Reid held the Scottish Government partly responsible for the spiralling cost of housing asylum seekers in hotels.

All of these stories have a compelling human element where real lives are being tossed around in ferment of political decision-making. In the grand scheme of what makes Scotland work and what doesn’t, Monday night’s late breaking news that Brendan Rodgers had suddenly quit Celtic Football Club shouldn’t really matter very much.

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Essentially, it concerned a quarrel between Celtic’s capricious, billionaire shareholder and his multi-millionaire head coach. Almost all of the footballers under their joint jurisdiction have seven-figure property and cash assets. Once, Celtic’s senior officers owned jaggy pubs and modest legal practices. Now, they thumb investment portfolios. No careers will be adversely affected and no lives uprooted in these executive power games.

Celtic are Scotland’s richest and most successful sporting organisation. They........

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