Chris Sutton was right about Todd Cantwell - and the wantaway Rangers player only has himself to blame.
That's the view of ex-Gers striker Kris Boyd.
He's told the Scottish Premiership midfielder that he'll look back on his time at Ibrox one day and regret how things panned out.
He wrote in the Scottish Sun: "He'll forever be remembered as TikTok Todd. Someone whose social media profile came before his football.
"What a shame, the way it’s turned out at Rangers for a player with a huge amount of talent and ability.
"But there’s only one person Todd Cantwell can blame for the way it eventually ended up for him at Ibrox — himself.
"I’m sure he’ll point to the fact he didn’t get picked by Philippe Clement in certain games. He may even take aim at the refs who weren’t slow in booking him.
"But the reason Cantwell is desperate to get out of Rangers is because he doesn’t have the mentality to play at a club that size.
"The irony is that he clearly sees himself as big-time. You only need to take one look at the videos and messages he posts on his ‘socials’ to see he welcomes the adulation that comes with being a player these days.
"If you want to have a presence on Instagram, X and TikTok as a professional footballer at one of the Old Firm, there’s one simple rule you have to adhere to.
"You need to back it up. And the fact is, Cantwell didn’t justify his place in the Rangers line-up often enough.
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"In 65 appearances he scored 14 goals, which roughly works out at a goal every four-and-a-half games. I’m sorry, for someone with his ability in the final third, that’s just not good enough.
"I’m not even bringing his hefty wages into it, because what Rangers were prepared to pay him every week wasn’t his fault.
"I’ve been there myself as a player seen as an enigma. In my first spell at Rangers my goalscoring record was up there with anyone’s, and I was seen as a good finisher inside the penalty box.
"In the big games, though, more often than not, I was benched. I’ve opened up before on how frustrating that was at the time. But I could also understand that the way the team was set up in the tougher matches didn’t really suit my game. Walter Smith wasn’t leaving me out to annoy me.
"He was doing it for the benefit of the team and I knew that. But my mentality, when I came back into the side for the next game, was to show everyone what I could do.
"I don’t believe we’ve ever seen that from Cantwell. We’ve never seen a player with a determination to get into the team and prove his manager wrong for leaving him out. Not out on the pitch, where it matters.
"There has been plenty from him on social media, though, with various digs at folk. But I’m sorry, his performances only underlined the criticism he got, and showed that a lot of people were right with what they said about the player.
"I hate to say it, but Chris Sutton for one, got it bang on when he doubted Cantwell had the mentality to be a Rangers player. All Cantwell did was prove Sutty right.
"If he’s gone and knocked on Clement’s door and asked for a transfer, then that shows he’s at least been able to front up.
"But I would have loved if he’d gone and told the manager he wanted to fight for his jersey, and was vowing to double his efforts to be a success. Because there’s only one way Cantwell’s career is heading after this — and that’s down.
"Whenever he hangs up his boots, he’ll realise Rangers was as good as it ever got."
