Former Celtic flop defender Marvin Compper has been fired as boss of Lokomotiv Moscow boss despite the German recently revealing his family had been attacked online for staying in Russia.
The 37-year-old German international was a major disappointment at Celtic, where he cost £1million when he signed five years ago, but was completely frozen out at Parkhead and featured in just one solitary game for the Hoops – a 3-0 Scottish Cup win against Morton. He was allowed to leave to return to his homeland with Duisburg where he moved into coaching and then made the surprise move to Russia last year as assistant manager to fellow German Markus Gisdol at Lokomotiv.
Compper was appointed interim manager after Gisdol quit the job in protest at Russia's invasion of Ukraine and remained as boss ever since. He revealed he and his family suffered severe criticism for staying in Russia, but had no regrets.
