Martin O’Neill has told Michael Beale that it’s “too bad” he finds Chris Sutton irritating after insisting his former Celtic strike star and hard-hitting pundit won’t change his media style for anyone.
Record Sport columnist Sutton has become embroiled in a war of words with the Rangers boss in the build-up to Sunday’s Viaplay Cup final which O’Neill reckons Beale MUST win to land a blow on their bitter rivals who are currently nine points clear in the Scottish Premiership and chasing a domestic treble.
Beale described Sutton as the “worst ever player” for his boyhood heroes Chelsea and O’Neill, who rescued him from his flop spell at Stamford Bridge in a £6million Parkhead move, said on talkSPORT about the tit for tat: “Michael said something about Chris being a failure at Chelsea - which he was - but he was absolutely fantastic for me at Celtic. He changed his whole game and sometimes I don’t give him the credit he deserves because he was a major signing for is and his partnership with Henrik Larsson was absolutely amazing, not just in the Scottish scene but the European scene as well.
