Temur Ketsbaia has warned his former boss Steve Clarke he’s ready to put the boot into Scotland’s Euro 2024 qualification hopes at Hampden tomorrow.
The Cyprus manager played under Clarke for Newcastle when the Scotland head coach was assistant to Ruud Gullit before having a spell as caretaker boss in the late 1990s. Ketsbaia is remembered for one of football’s angriest celebrations when he tore his strip off and repeatedly booted an advertising hoarding after scoring a last minute winner against Bolton in 1998 - later revealing it was out of frustration at being benched by Kenny Dalglish.
But he insists he had a good relationship with Clarke when he arrived at St James’ Park a few months later. That will count for nothing when the two sides run out at Hampden this afternoon to kick off the road to Germany though. Ketsbaia said: “That was a long time ago! Steve and John Carver were both my coaches at Newcastle. We met each other again at the draw in Germany.
