Rangers legend Ally McCoist reacts to Lennon leaving Celtic & makes ‘arrogance’ claim

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Rangers legend Ally McCoist has told talkSPORT Breakfast on Wednesday morning that Neil Lennon can now ‘relax’ after leaving Celtic.

After an utterly disastrous season for Celtic, both on and off the field, Lennon has resigned as manager, with the Parkhead club 18 points behind Rangers.

Celtic went into this season dreaming of winning a historic ten-in-a-row, but it has ended with them producing one of their worst campaigns in recent history.

When reacting to Lennon’s departure, McCoist claimed that there was ‘arrogance’, not from his old rival, but from those within Celtic about winning the ten.

“First thing I have got to say is I hope he can get a bit of sanity back in his life, go and enjoy himself and relax with his family for a period,” said McCoist.

“That’s the one thing that Neil needs and probably wants, so that’s the important thing. To spend a bit of quality time, relax and get away from the insane pressure of being an Old Firm manager.

“But in terms of the decision itself, not surprised. I think the way the season has gone for Celtic this year, it has effectively been one disaster after another.

“There are a lot of people responsible for that. Neil being the manager is obviously one of them. The people above him and the players have to shoulder a lot of the responsibility.

“Everyone at Celtic wanted the magical figure of ten, for some time now – I always felt there was a, not from Neil I may add, an element of arrogance coming from within Celtic. They just thought it was a formality to win ten-in-a-row.”

Lennon’s resignation or sacking, whichever way you want to look at it, has come way too late.

This decision should have been made a lot earlier in the season, but in the end, it has resulted in abject performance and abject decision-making piling on top of one another for months.

With the season in the bin, Celtic need to take their time in appointing Lennon’s replacement because taking the wrong steps may just result in Rangers starting that road to their own dominance.