CELTIC MIGHT WELL require Leigh Griffiths to be ruthless when they visit Oslo for the second leg of their Champions League qualifier with Rosenborg tomorrow night, and the Scottish striker was taking no prisoners in the departures lounge.
Brendan Rodgers’ men were held to a scoreless draw by Dundalk’s conquerors at Parkhead, and left for Norway this afternoon with plenty of baggage from the first leg.
As the squad trudged through Glasgow Airport, Leigh Griffiths paused at a desk to get his relevant documents in order, but was greeted by a couple of heckling Rangers fans – one of whom can be heard blurting ‘paedo’ in the Scotland striker’s direction.
Griffiths, who was suspended for the first leg with Rosenborg due to his provoking of Linfield fans after being targeted with missiles and a Buckfast bottle at Windsor Park, and was injured regardless, responds: “Your club’s dead, mate. Beat it,” in reference to Rangers’ 2012 liquidation.
Leigh Griffiths arrived at Glasgow airport with @celticfc squad ahead of trip to Norway expected to play a part. Erik Sviatchenko here too. pic.twitter.com/J1ldRCMOcb
— Ronnie Esplin (@RonnieEsplin) August 1, 2017
Celtic captain Scott Brown appears to enjoy Griffiths’ response, or perhaps merely the fact that he responded at all.
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James is right. These universities make millions off these athletes and don’t pay them. The NBA need to change their eligibility rules to allow highschool players enter the NBA. Get rid of the ‘One and Done’
@Stipe Miocic: These universities are making billions from these athletes. Players are not allowed get part-time jobs, get gifts or endorsements and sometimes have to get their parents to pay for everyday meals that the players can’t afford.
@EK: it’s a ridiculous state of affairs, the ‘education’ these kids get is a joke, the majority don’t complete their respective degrees, and the old ‘they’re getting a free education’ is nonsense, a few years ago Time magazine did a piece about it and what SEC colleges were making, it was around the time Johnny Manziel got suspended for getting paid for an autograph signing, that year the University of Texas ‘Longhorns’ revenue from their football program was $105 million, profit on that, $85million, there isn’t too many businesses with margins like that
@Ruairí Mul: in the week just gone there was a Notre Dame footballer who tweeted he was ‘broke and starving’, someone from south bend (where the college is based) responded saying he was welcome in their home for dinner, if he had taken up their offer he would be in breach of NCAA rules
Farcical at this stage