Stiliyan Petrov struggled to settle into life at Celtic due to the dressing room chaos that reigned under John Barnes.
The Bulgarian arrived at Parkhead as a fresh faced 19-year-old under the Liverpool legend, but his time in charge was a turbulent one that ended after a shock Scottish Cup defeat to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. As a young recent arrival who spoke little English, Petrov struggled to make much sense of what was going on.
But he knew enough to realise that all was not well, with fights breaking out regularly and clear cliques forming amongst the squad and Barnes had little control over the big characters. He told FourFourTwo: “I couldn't understand much of what was going on, due to the language barrier, but there was always fighting I could see little cliques and problems. He couldn't control the powerful characters. It was John's first job since retiring as a player, and a big one for him.
