BOYATAÂ may have turned goal hero at the weekend but the row rages on if the defender should ever play for Celtic again.
Chris Sutton spoke on Sunday night after Dedryk had played against Hamilton and put in a man of the match performance.
The former Celtic striker isn’t so sure he can be forgiven for his actions over the past 4 weels.
He told BBC 5 Live Sport: “He’s downed tools. He didn’t want to play in a Celtic jersey.
“He’s disrespected the shirt. He shouldn’t have been picked today, and he ends up scoring the winner.
“Can the fans forgive him? I think a lot can’t. I don’t think he should be forgiven.
“But do you know what? People do make mistakes. It would help him a lot if he turned around and said, ‘I’m sorry’.
“And the fact he hasn’t done that yet, what do we make of his character then? It’s arrogance beyond belief. We aren’t talking about a world-class player here. We’re talking about a player who’s made high-profile mistakes in big games for Celtic.
Boyata and his agent tried to push a move through to Fulham earlier in the window and when Celtic wouldn’t play ball the defender downed tools and refused to play in two of Celtic’s European ties. One of which they lost and in doing so missed out on Champions League football.
Boyata and his teammates looked together on Sunday when the player scored, they all surrounded him and seemed to be supporting him.
Craig Gordon ran from his goal line to make sure he celebrated with the Belgian.
Is Sutton correct? Will it be hard to forgive the defender if he stays or would an open apology to the fan base go some way to healing the wounds?
A public apology is the least the fans deserve.chris is correct,he is not world class !,so this attitude that he is better than he thinks is way of the mark!!!!!!would like to see him off the books altogether,can fully understand the banner on Sunday.but he won’t be sold until a replacement is in !!!!!!have to say am disappointed how this whole scenario has played out,
I agree with Rays comments.
Better if we signed a new centre back and sold Boyata. If we don’t get a good fee for him keep him but don’t play him. He cost us CL money
While I agree with what he says, I’m not sure Chris is the right man to say it. After all, it was his own arrogance that finished his Celtic career when he reportedly took the huff with Gordon Strachan. How much respect did he show the fans or the manager back then?
The words “pot”, “kettle” and “black” come to mind…
Now, if KT had uttered the words that would give them much more force but even at his tender years the young fella has far too much class for that.
Yes lets move him on this window and bring in new players and forget about him..
Whether Boyatta is world class or not nobody does that to a team that has been very good to him!
I agree with the Green Brigade Banner & know many who feel the same
However, to not use him would be the waste of a decent defender that we are paying wages for.
An apology though is Warrented for his lack of respect on many different levels.
Enevitably he will be sold for a good price. The big question is with what & When
I believe we have a good foundation for a run in the Europe with 2 or 3 positive additions in key areas
KTF-HH