Michael Beale has blasted Celtic hero Chris Sutton as a 'comedy act' and believes he's the worst player to ever play for his beloved Chelsea.
The row wages on between the Rangers gaffer and the Celtic hero after Sutton seemed to question Beale's tenacity following that moment of sportsmanship between the Light Blues and Partick Thistle in the Scottish Cup. The English gaffer allowed the Jags to get a free hit at Ibrox with the decision splitting opinion among top pundits and even fans.
But Celtic-daft Sutton raised the question of whether that same level of integrity would be shown in the heat of an Old Firm derby. This irked Beale who went on to slam the former striker
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Sutton said on-air: “Here’s a question, just a yes or no answer. Do you think Michael Beale would have done that had they been playing Celtic?”
Beale strongly responded saying: “Listen, there are pundits that are comedy acts. There are ex-players who are comedy acts.
“I don’t even want to answer that question because they are comedy acts and they are there to create intrigue. They don’t speak about the betterment of the game, they don’t help our game at all. All they do is bring it back down to the gutter.
“There are a lot of good things we can speak about in our game at the moment, at other clubs as much as in my club. I don’t know why people… Why is that where they go?
“At the end of the day, we don’t know, do we? If I had allowed that goal to stand and we had gone through in the cup like that, what would that have done for Malik? What would that have said about me and our club?
“And also, it seems like because Partick Thistle said it, that Ian was getting the sack anyway. Then you guys would be questioning me that I took a goal from someone that lost his job. I think that day worked out about as well as it could have done when that situation happened. You see when people do that, I think we need to wise up in this country.
“There are people out there creating intrigue for intrigue reasons and those people, in my opinion, we need to mute them and quickly.”
Asked about how the incident will reflect going forward, he added: “I think the history will determine that. I don’t think anything I do right in this second will determine that. I think history will determine that.
“Emotions run high, they like one player and they don’t like another, one scores one week and isn’t liked the next. It is the role of the fan. Growing up, I was a fan of Chelsea. So there is one pundit around here who is the worst ever player to play for Chelsea. That is why I won’t mention his name because I try to forget him.”
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