Legendary Manchester United skipper Roy Keane refused to send congratulatory message to Joe Aribo, Leon Balogun and their Rangers teammates after they won their first Scottish Premiership title in ten years on Sunday.
Aribo and Balogun were crowned champions as a result of Celtic being held to a 0-0 draw at Dundee United.
Ahead of the Manchester derby later in the day, Keane who was in the Sky studios was asked whether he had any words of celebration for Rangers, he simply replied: “For Rangers? No.
“Obviously it’s been a tough year for Celtic but they’ll bounce back next year like all great clubs do.”
Celtic were Keane’s boyhood club and he played for them in the final months of his career in 2005/06 and so made no secret of where his loyalties lie in the Old Firm debate.
Rangers put themselves on the brink of being crowned champions with a comfortable 3-0 victory over St Mirren on Saturday.
This left them 21 points clear of Celtic who needed to win to stave off their bitter rivals’ coronation.
However, they were unable to do so as a gritty Dundee United battled to secure a point.
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I still don’t understand why Rangers hasn’t won the league with 20 points lead at this stage of the season. Can someone tell me the maximum number of matches to be played in the SPFL in a season? This is a league of just just 12 teams. And a team leading by 20 points after 32 rounds of matches hasn’t won the league yet. Can someone pls educate me? Pardon my ignorance, pls.
Scottish league have 12teams, they play each other 3times that’s 33 matches, then the table will split into half, each club will then play 5matches more against club in there half to make it 38. Hope am able to help in best way possible.
Celtic had/has outstanding matches. But it’s now over, Rangers are champions.
Looool! Keane can keep his congratulations. Aribo, Balogun and co don’t need it. They are Scottish champions.