Celtic legend Chris Sutton admits the Scottish Government's positive response to the Covid breach by two Rangers players has left him baffled.
Jordan Jones and George Edmundson were suspended by the Ibrox side on Monday after being fined by police for attending a house party at the weekend.
The Scottish Government "commended" Rangers for their swift response to the incident, despite criticising Celtic and Aberdeen players who breached regulations earlier in the season.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had warned football was on a 'yellow' card after Boli Bolingoli's trip to Spain and the Aberdeen 8's night out.
And in the latest episode of the Record Celtic podcast, Sutton revealed he was left confused by the change in stance as he blasted the two players for their actions, branding them "clowns".
He said: "First of all the players, what a couple of clowns they are. Steven Gerrard and the Rangers hierarchy must be absolutely furious with the whole thing. It seems like Rangers have handled the situation really well.
"What has baffled me, absolutely baffled me, is the Scottish Government commending Rangers on that yet with Celtic and Aberdeen, the Scottish Government rounded on them. All this yellow card stuff and what have you? It’s remarkable how they’ve changed their tune.
"Most people across Scotland will find that as a real head scratcher, but a lot of things that have happened up there have been like that."
Back in August, Sturgeon had said: "We can't have privileged football players just deciding that they are not going to bother. This can't go on."
And when reminded of those quotes, Sutton continued to lay in to the Scottish Government and queried why there was such a difference in their views.
He added: "It’s a complete U-turn. Does that not apply right across the board? That’s what people will say. I have massive sympathy for managers across the country. We did a column a while back where we said this will happen again but this seems to be a change of language from the Scottish Government.
"Maybe they forgot what they said about Celtic and Aberdeen, I don’t know. It’s a strange one anyway."
