John Hartson has revealed he has reached out to Neil Lennon in a bid to patch things up after their public row over his job.
The Celtic boss was left fizzing after Hartson called for him to quit the club and believed he should have been backed up more by his pal.
That upset Hartson, who felt he had defended Lennon's time in charge as much as he could and thought change was needed at Celtic Park.
With the Hoops 23 points behind in the Premiership title race, Hartson admits he feels there needs to be a freshness to revitalise the place going into the rest of the season and beyond.
But he hopes things have been healed between him and Lennon as he told Football Pass: “Well I’ve been Neil’s biggest supporter all season.
"I’ve backed him, I’ve made contact with him and everybody knows that to my own detriment I was getting a lot of stick for sticking up for my mate or my pal as people keep telling me.
"I genuinely thought up until four or five weeks ago going into the second Rangers and Celtic game at Ibrox.
"Celtic got beat but played very well. They went 19 points behind but had three games in hand. When they came back from Dubai I thought to myself if they win those three games in hand it’s back to 10, but they dropped six points.
"They drew them three games and then I looked at it and thought I think Celtic have to make a change.
"For as much as I’ve played with Neil and supported him I just think it needs a freshness about it, and I think 99 per cent of the supporters are with me on that."
