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The Scotsman 08/03/1994

writes Hugh Keevins
BRIAN DEMPSEY last night offered the heaviest hint yet that there could be a place in the new Celtic regime for the millionaire businessman, Gerald Weisfeld, who had attempted to take control of the club before the arrival of Fergus McCann last weekend.

Dempsey, who engineered the rescue package which saved Celtic from receivership last week, shared a platform with Weisfeld at a supporters' rally in Glasgow's City Hall. Every seat was taken in the 1,600 capacity arena and hundreds were locked outside. Dempsey said that he hoped there could be a ''marriage of entrepreneurial skills and funding'' on Celtic's behalf. Weisfeld said that a formal meeting would take place this week to discuss the subject and admitted that he knew the club's supporters thought the coalition of McCann, Dempsey and himself was the ''dream team''.

An independent audit of Celtic's accounts will begin today but it is Dempsey's belief that it will take at least two weeks to unravel the mysteries of Celtic's recent accounts. In the meantime, the realisation that the club needs a financial merger and not conflict of egos is likely to bring together those who have control of the club and those who would like to share in its future.