Celtic legend takes final dig at Michael Beale on air

Michael Beale seemed to have a habit of creating controversy with his comments during his less than a-year-long run as the manager of the Rangers. Much like too many of his results in the Glasgow Derby, he appears to have come out on the wrong end when it comes to his back-and-forth comments with one Celtic hero.

Over his short period as Rangers boss, Beale appeared to have a few things to say about Chris Sutton. That’s rarely a smart move considering the Celtic hero’s wit on social media or in the studio. If there was any doubt over the matter, that must have come to an end following the manager’s Ibrox exit.

Sutton works as a football pundit with several media outlets. That makes it his job to comment on football, clubs, managers and players. He does it pretty well and doesn’t hold back whether it’s about Celtic, the Rangers or any other club.

Beale did not seem to be a big fan of Sutton’s punditry though and even seemed to have a dig about his Chelsea career. Well, it has all come back full circle now.

Celtic legend takes final dig at Beale on air

As reported by the Daily Record, while speaking on the Mail Online ‘It’s All Kicking Off’ podcast, Sutton recalled past comments from Beale and had something to say back to the now former Rangers manager:

"“It was a play on words (his tweet) with Michael Beale, the former Rangers manager. He dug me out. That was based on, me being a little bit petty. He dug me out, he said some ex-players are comedy acts, that was aimed at me and let’s look at what has happened now. The job was too big for him.“He said I was Chelsea’s worst-ever player. He was a Chelsea fan as a boy, I think he played for Charlton Under-14s. He never won anything and still hasn’t won anything. He must have some sort of talent as a coach, I think this is a life lesson for Michael Beale. He should have learned lessons from across the city, from Ange Postecoglou, who he called ‘lucky Ange’. He made that comment about him when he was Celtic manager. Celtic will feel they were ‘lucky Celtic’ when Beale was at Rangers because recently they have wiped the floor with them.“The defeat to Aberdeen was the end. When fans turn, and they really turned on him after losing to Celtic – seven games isn’t a lot. But there was also a Champions League qualifier where PSV wiped the floor with them.”"

Sutton did not stop there as he further went on to add about Beale:

"“He talked too much. The most important currency is winning. The Glasgow goldfish bowl swallowed him up. He went in and was bullish, trying to appease the Rangers fans. I didn’t like the way he seemed to be taking great credit from Steven Gerrard’s Rangers title success, he was the coach, they thought he was the brains behind the operation. He got away with things last season because it wasn’t his team, his recruitment … the fact that they’ve made that call tells you the Rangers hierarchy don’t trust him.“Any manager who goes up to a game when another manager is in a job as van Bronckhorst was, Beale went up and he knew van Bronckhorst was under severe pressure, anybody who does that deserves everything they get.”"

Sutton certainly did not hold back as he talked about the departing Beale, his comments and his record. He has delivered almost as impressive a performance as in his first match against Rangers when he scored after just 57 seconds in a 6-2 win. Celtic fans will currently be keeping an eye on the situation at Ibrox and will certainly have enjoyed the comments from their former striker.