It’s been over a decade since Chris Sutton pulled on a Celtic jersey but don’t be fooled, his hatred for Rangers is as real as ever.
Sutton has dedicated himself to trying to wind up fans of Celtic’s arch-rivals at every possible opportunity.
When he’s celebrating the Hoops’ trophies, he mentions Rangers. When Celtic are drawn against their Glasgow foes in cup competitions, it makes Sutton’s day. The former forward even loves it when others get in on the act of Rangers bashing.
But sometimes Sutton is so eager to get a sneaky dig in on the Gers that he fails to put in the appropriate research, which is precisely what happened this week.
Seeing as it’s that time of the year when the PFA Team of the Year is named, Sutton offered his two cents as he tends to do.
The 44-year-old suggested that Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk, formerly of Celtic, ought to make the XI. But when one Rangers fan reminded Sutton that van Dijk hadn’t played enough games this season to really be in contention, Sutton fired back.
@premierleague @trevor8sinclair Good team but take De Gea, Cahill, Silva and Lukaku out👎Get in Courtois, Van Dijk, Mane and Ibra…👍 https://t.co/eelOUElX6C
— Chris Sutton (@chris_sutton73) April 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/Chr1sMcLaughlin/status/854731860479545346
Sutton’s jibe about Rangers failing to sign Joleon Lescott had one little problem contained within.
As he joked that Lescott opted to travel all the way to Greece to play for Olympiakos over Rangers, he actually named the wrong Greek club as it was AEK Athens, not Olympiakos, that Lescott signed for in 2016.
Luckily, none of his followers noticed it…
@chris_sutton73 If you’re going to take the piss then at least get the facts right Chris ?
— Chris McLaughlin (@Chr1sMcLaughlin) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 Showing yourself to be a bit thick and desperate there Chris. Maybe google who he went to and how long he lasted.
— Jamie (@robertsonj87) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 He played for aek athens mate ☻?
— Chicko (@Mclaughlinn7) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 1st of all Lescott ended up injured so he was no loss
2nd of all he signed for AEK Athens.
— Gordon Russell Herd (@GRHerd79) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 @McCulloch1892 Uh oh, he signed for Athens ????
— Andrew McKenzie (@amckenzie54) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 pic.twitter.com/jJXzyAf83y
— OnlyAnExcuse (@OnlyAnExcuse) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 U can’t even troll right ya mutant he played way AEK ATHENS???
— Zack greenock (@ZackGreenock) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 AEK Athens actually
— Isaiah (@IsaiahLeslie5) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 Hi Chris, your wrong
— Newco Kranjcar (@newcokranjcar) April 19, 2017
@chris_sutton73 @chriscom77 Great shout Chris https://t.co/xuYvTDYBiI
— RangersMostly (@Gri64) April 20, 2017
