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title: "Celtic: Some Hoops fans talk about club update"
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author: "kaus pandey"
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published: "2020-04-06T16:00:13Z"
modified: "2020-04-06T16:00:13Z"
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# Celtic: Some Hoops fans talk about club update

**Some Celtic fans have been left talking about the latest club update that Celtic have issued on social media.**

The [Hoops Twitter account recently relayed the information](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1247114750053552128) that the Herald newspaper has apologised to the club for ‘serious misrepresentation’ of the Parkhead-based side.[The statement from the club said](https://www.celticfc.net/news/17860) that the newspaper had published about how Celtic ‘cutting non-playing staff’s money shows how far football has lost its soul’.

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Quite recently, [Celtic had furloughed non-playing staff](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/04/01/celtic-furlough-non-playing-staff-hearts-players-call-union/) at the club. But they had committed to paying them their full wages once the ongoing pandemic problems end. They [had also stated that](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/04/01/celtic-furlough-non-playing-staff-hearts-players-call-union/) they will be using the government job retention scheme available to the club.

But [the statement that the Hoops have released](https://www.celticfc.net/news/17860) says that the Herald had portrayed this action as a negative stance. The [statement also clarifies](https://www.celticfc.net/news/17860) that the non-playing staff are still being paid in full through the job retention scheme.

This shows that the Herald were wrong in what they wrote and it was a case of them not portraying facts in the right way. Celtic were right to get them to apologise for what they wrote.

When[the club’s Twitter account relayed](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1247114750053552128) this information, many Celtic fans slammed the newspaper for their acts.

> but follow it up and ban them… we dont need any mainstream newspapers.. they are a soon be extinct, group of charlatans!
>
> — CBW (@cbtjobwallis) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/cbtjobwallis/status/1247115838395686912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Get them telt Celtic 😂
>
> — Fenian (@LesleyFenian) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/LesleyFenian/status/1247115291156451328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> So I’m hoping their apology will be printed on the first page as well?
>
> — AM (@annemarie6377) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/annemarie6377/status/1247118851780812804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Get them all banned. We dont need any of them
>
> — dee dee (@DerryDeeCeltic) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/DerryDeeCeltic/status/1247115756422270976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Block the herald
>
> — Steve (@Stephen14165109) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Stephen14165109/status/1247123623065853953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Sadly, this is the level of journalism in Scotland. Truly awful
>
> — Colm Brown (@BrownColm) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/BrownColm/status/1247117786998018051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Celtic fans, what do you make of The Herald’s apology? Let us know below!***