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Furious Kris Commons tells Celtic protesters the 'best fans in the world' would never sell out Neil Lennon

Angry Kris Commons has rounded on Celtic fans and reckons there is no excuse for the angry scenes that came after Sunday’s shock Betfred Cup loss to Ross County.

The 37-year-old admits he is furious with a section of the club's support for turning against Neil Lennon despite a wretched run on the pitch.

The former Celtic star has also poured scorn on the 'the best fans in the world' title they were anointed with after their side's run to Seville in 2003.

And he reckons the unsavoury element that launched missiles at Celtic officials have been causing issues for a number of years.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, he said: 'Lennon, Lennon get to f***'. That was the chant from people who call themselves 'the best fans in the world'. The same people who would tell Lennon that he'd 'never walk alone' when he was going through some of his darkest days on a personal level amid sectarian abuse.

"Frankly, the fans involved in those protests last night should be ashamed of themselves. In the fullness of time, this will be viewed as a desperately dark day for the club.

"Yeah, if they want a change of manager, then fair enough. But there's a way to express your opinion and that certainly wasn't it.

"These would doubtless have been the same people who spray-painted graffiti all over Kieran Tierney 's house on the back of his move to Arsenal.

"It is moronic behaviour and all the more so when they've clearly broken every rule in the book in the middle of a pandemic.

"The sense of entitlement that has developed among the fanbase in recent years has been staggering. Particularly in the younger 'Ultras', the obsession with 10 in a row has become dangerously unhealthy."

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