One ex-Celtic star has taken a pretty big swipe at Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers by refusing to mention their name.
Celtic fans will love Massimo Donati for what he has said about Rangers.
The Italian only spent two years at Parkhead, leaving in 2009, but that was long enough to buy into the Old Firm rivalry in a big way it seems.
Rangers finished nine points behind their bitter rivals last season, with the Hoops winning an eighth successive Premiership title and the treble Treble.
But Neil Lennon’s permanent move to Glasgow, coupled with the Gers making progress under Steven Gerrard, means that the Northern Irishman has a fight to maintain Celtic’s dominance in Scotland.
Donati, who won a Premiership title in 2009, told Football Scotland: “I think he is the perfect person to manage Celtic at this moment in time when they are focused on doing 9-in-a-row and they want to make history not just in Scotland.
“He knows the club very well and he is a Celtic man, he loves everything about the club. I think he will do his best for the club and the players as well.
“The other club of Glasgow this season did a bit better than the last one but maybe they can do better again, but I think Celtic is always in front of them at the moment, in terms of the players and the club.”
The former AC Milan star doesn’t quite qualify for legendary status for football reasons, but if he keeps on taking digs at the Ibrox outfit like that then the Parkhead faithful will forever love him.
Refusing to mention Rangers by name just goes to show that you can take Donati out of Celtic, but you can’t take the club out of him.
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