Celtic manager search has TALIBAN following developments and captain Brown hailed as ‘very strong leader’
CELTIC's search for a new manager has dominated the headlines since February - and now even the TALIBAN are following developments.
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and Hoops fan Jamie Doran has been filming a new documentary in Afghanistan.
"They seemed just like ordinary blokes in many ways, wanting to know which team I supported.
"They’d obviously spotted the Celtic top underneath my tunic and, when I confirmed this to them, they couldn’t stop talking about Odsonne Edouard, Scott Brown - 'he is a very strong leader' - and a couple of other players.
"But the biggest topic was the new manager.
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And speaking at the time, he admitted it was vastly different from anything else he had ever made.
He said: "I've been shot at and dodged bombs on so many occasions, I've lost count, so no doubt they expected Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Islamic State, Al-Shabaab and the other usual suspects to feature in anything I planned to make.
"But no, not this time. This time I wanted to do something very different.
"I suggested that we produce a series on football fans; on what it means to be a true follower of six of the most iconic teams in the world."
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