Jon Daly in blistering attack on '˜disgraceful' Celtic boss

Jon Daly hit back at Brendan Rodgers. Picture: Craig Foy/SNS

In a remarkable outburst by the Tynecastle caretaker manager after his team’s 4-1 defeat at Celtic Park in the league season’s opener, Daly let rip about Rodgers’ take on the sacking of Ian Cathro earlier this week. The former Liverpool manager had expressed “empathy” for Cathro who he had described as “a very talented young coach”.

Rodgers claimed the deposed Hearts boss had been undermined by a “confused” strategy, although he stopped short of naming director of football Craig Levein. The Celtic manager claimed Hearts had signed players such as Kyle Lafferty and Christophe Berra who were not suited to the brand of football Cathro wanted to play.

“I thought Brendan’s comments on Friday were absolutely disgusting. Disgraceful,” Daly, pictured, said. “I hadn’t read them before the game so I made a point when I came in. I thought it was very poor form.

“A manager of his calibre should know better. I’ve followed Brendan’s career down south when he was at Liverpool. Not once did I hear him make a comment about the structures at Man United, Chelsea or Man City. But all of a sudden he comes to Celtic and thinks it’s acceptable to talk about the structure of our football club.

“Our football club is structured in a way that helps younger coaches. You have an owner in Ann Budge who is refreshing and honest. Even this week, she came out and said they’ve made a mistake with the seats for the new stand. If that’s any other club, they make an excuse and don’t hold their hands up. But our club at the minute is very easy to pick on and kick.

“For a manager of his calibre to make the comments he did, it’s not acceptable. Ian Cathro has left and I can understand his comments about the manager because none of us like to see someone lose their job. But once he starts talking about