Celtic fans rage at Graeme Souness after what he said about Callum McGregor

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19 Jun 2024, 1:00 am

Celtic fans have been left raging at Graeme Souness after he called out Callum McGregor live on ITV following Scotland v Germany.

Souness was analysing the game after Scotland fell to a 5-1 defeat on the opening night of Euro 2024 when he referred to McGregor as "the Celtic captain" during his criticism.

Singling out the midfielder's club, with no mention of the clubs the likes of John McGinn or Ryan Porteous represent during their criticism, was deemed to be a cheap jab at the Hoops.

Souness, an icon at Old Firm rivals Rangers, has since denied that he was taking a swipe, but it has done little to calm the tempers of the Celtic support.

One fan branded his comments "derogatory" and "downright disrespectful".

Graeme Souness branded "bitter" after Celtic dig live on TV

It was an embarrassing night for Scotland given the extent and manner of the defeat on such a big stage, and Souness' dig further riled up the supporters.

His comment angered Celtic fans as they insisted the ex-Rangers man is "bitter", "broken" and "rattled" after they pipped Rangers to another SPFL title last season.

Souness hates Celtic. He is bitter and broken. The very fact that several times he highlighted the Celtic captain shows just how fekin destroyed he is. I can’t wait for next season to inflict even more misery on him. McGregor was poor but then again so was everyone else.
— Barrybhoy (@barrybhoy99) June 15, 2024

It was derogatory.

It was dismissive.

It was downright disrespectful.

I am not buying what Graeme Souness is selling with his latest Callum McGregor media comments.

⬇️https://t.co/Jn4zZGZXZg
— Anthony Haggerty (@ahaggerty10) June 18, 2024

Had to laugh at a few celtic player criticisms by Graeme Souness during @itvfootball coverage of Scotlands game last night ,couldn't help himself, thought Keane might call him out
— PH€ffern@n (@fuzzymut) June 15, 2024

That’s how I feel too. I was gutted by our performance but Souness and his Celtic reference made me smile. That guy is a broken man just like most of The Rangers support. I can’t wait till next season to kick their a*s all over again. I’m sure Callum McGregor will own them again.
— Barrybhoy (@barrybhoy99) June 15, 2024

Calum mcgregger wasn’t the only Scotland player to have a stinker,but souness emphasising he was the Celtic captain showed his true colours to me ,there were Liverpool Manchester United Bournemouth players playing but he never emphasised there clubs
— frank mcquade (@framcq50) June 16, 2024

Souness is a bitter old man who is stuck in the past.
— CC (@4done6togo) June 16, 2024

Well said Tony👏🏼….under the radar as one of the most disrespectful things ever said by a so called Scottish pundit…His ‘excuse’ is actually more insulting if you want to believe him..which I don’t.
— markbradley (@back2theegg) June 18, 2024

Oh look an ex rangers player who can't be unbiased when he has to be when it's the national team playing...what a joke.
— Gez 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@Gezbo_Sen) June 17, 2024

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