Talksport host Jason Cundy dragged Celtic into his reaction to Manchester United’s exit in the UEFA Champions League. Erik ten Hag’s team were beaten 1-0 by Bayern Munich at Old Trafford to finish with four points and Cundy ravaged them for their performances.
😞 “Everyone associated with #MUFC… Hang your heads in shame!!”
👀 “Man United… You are the Celtic of English football in the Champions League!”
Jason Cundy goes in on Man United after finishing bottom of their #UCL group 🔥 pic.twitter.com/O0Un7BhpC3
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) December 12, 2023
However, the comparison with Celtic is laughable. Ten Hag has spent almost £500m in three transfer windows and cannot compete with the wealth of the English Premier League. Celtic were drawn into a group with the Dutch Champions Feyenoord, Italian side Lazio and Atletico Madrid. Meanwhile, outside of Bayern, United were up against Galatasaray and Copenhagen. The Danes qualified into the Last 16 of the competition, taking three points off of United. Celtic can match their points tally with a win in their final group match against Feyenoord on Wednesday evening.
It is poor that Celtic are near that conversation on that basis but the dig is founded on the basis that Celtic are (still) as having a European pedigree.
PERSPECTIVE…Time some Hoops fans lightened up.
We have a Pound shop squad.
Hail Hail.