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Mark Walker

Celtic misfit Cristian Gamboa reveals the Brendan Rodgers bust-up that ended his Hoops career

Unhappy Cristian Gamboa has revealed the showdown meeting with Brendan Rodgers that extinguished his Parkhead dream.

The Celtic misfit departed Glasgow last summer after three years and is now in Germany with Bochum.

Gamboa didn't make a single appearance for Celtic in his final seven months at the club and made just 16 league starts during his time in Glasgow, after arriving from West Brom in 2016.

And he's revealed where it all went wrong at Celtic.

Gamboa said: "I spent a year and a half at West Brom trying to get into the first team and then an opportunity arrived for me at Celtic.

"Brendan Rodgers signed me and at first I was playing a lot of games, but then I wasn't playing as much and my minutes on the park decreased until I was hardly even in the squad.

"So I went to see Brendan Rodgers. I wanted to talk to him and ask him why I wasn't involved as much, but he took it very badly indeed. He did not like me challenging him at all.

"It got worse because I got an offer from New York City in the MLS and they offered me everything I asked for. I was all set to go with my family, but on the last day, the negotiations collapsed.

"From then on I felt like I was always fighting with the club. The manager and president at Celtic both didn't like it that I didn't take up the offer from America.

"My agent was also fighting with the club too and I felt like I was stuck in the middle of it."

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