FINANCIAL watchdogs have found no evidence of fraud or corruption in Celtic's purchase of its Lennoxtown training facility.

But the probe by Audit Scotland has raised a series of weaknesses in the financial monitoring arrangements by the various public bodies involved in the sale of the land to Celtic and by the club itself.

The report states: "This creates an environment in which accusations of fraud or corruption are more easily made and are more difficult to rebut."

It added that the local NHS board, East Dunbartonshire Council and the special purpose company set up to redevelop the Lennoxtown area "should have had more robust processes in place to demonstrate that the public funds provided were used for the charitable purposes intended, and that use of the resources in this way represented Best Value."

A previous ruling by the EU found Celtic did not receive state aid by Glasgow City Council in any land deals.