Darren Bent has revealed Celtic boss Neil Lennon phoned him to clarify why he called him an old school manager.
The former England striker admitted he was shocked to receive the phone call after he had said he would rather play for Steven Gerrard than Lennon.
The ex-Tottenham frontman was questioned in the past about whether he would prefer to sign for Rangers under Gerrard or Celtic under Lennon.
And he had said Gerrard because he knows the Liverpool legend well and he felt it would be good to play under a manager with less experience rather than one who has been around the game for a while.
The 35-year-old was told Lennon was looking for his number and admits he was a bit surprised by it.
He was speaking on Soccer AM and said: "I said something about Neil Lennon. The question was something like, who’d you rather play for, Celtic under Neil Lennon or Rangers under Steven Gerrard?
"At the time I said Steven Gerrard. I know Steven Gerrard more than I know Neil Lennon, he’s an up-and-coming manager whereas Neil Lennon is an old school-type manager.
"He obviously didn’t like it because he phoned me up.
"I got a phone call and someone said ‘Neil Lennon wants your phone number, do you mind?’
"I was like, ‘no’ but even then I didn’t know what was coming. At first I’m thinking, I wonder if I’m going to get a move to Celtic, here.
"He just wanted me to clarify my comments. What I meant by saying like an old school-type manager was that he’d been managing longer than Steven Gerrard and that Steven Gerrard was on the way up.
"He was asking me what my thoughts were and he was trying to fill me in on Celtic and Scottish football.
"I wasn't disrespectful to him I just said what I thought about playing for him or Steven Gerrard."
