PAUL LAMBERT has revealed he called up one of his former teammates who called for Neil Lennon to be sacked and branded him a disgrace for his comments.
Neil Lennon’s friendship with former players in the media has coloured many of their views. Chris Sutton admits he finds it a struggle to comment on the Celtic manager because they are great friends and Neil was with Sutton through some tough times.
John Hartson wouldn’t give up the ghost until after the Ibrox game and Dubai debacle, such is the strength of loyalty he has for Neil.
Paul is still in the Neil Lennon camp and being a manager himself, he knows the stress and pressures of the job. He’s reluctant to criticise his former midfield teammate, however, he’s gone one step further and called up another former teammate in a rage.
Lambert told RecordSport he wouldn’t name the former player, but upon hearing comments from a former Celt, he called them up to give them a piece of his mind.
”I should make it clear here that I’m not having a go at the many former Celtic players who work in the media and have enough skin in the game to call it as they see it.
“There are many who I totally respect and I would consider them fair and balanced.
“Maybe I’m blinkered, maybe I’m in the wrong for thinking if you have nothing nice to say about a friend then don’t say anything at all.
“I’m not going to name names, but I did call one up the other night and told him he was a disgrace. He couldn’t wait to get out of Celtic when the chance to move to England came about. I reminded him of that. I reminded of how much help Lenny gave him both on and off the park.”
To be honest, he’s not named the player, but it’s blatantly obvious who he’s talking about.
Lambert clearly knows he, himself is blinkered, but to brand someone a disgrace for speaking their mind, regardless of loyalty, is over the top.
I respect anyone who can call it as they see it, even when the easier choice is to back your mate. It’s called having a backbone.
On a completely unrelated note, have you read our article about Stan Petrov criticising Neil Lennon.
