Celtic's on loan winger Marian Shved has been ripped to shreds by raging Mechelen boss Wouter Vrancken over his bad attitude and advised to take up billiards instead of football.
The Ukrainian creator moved to the Belgian Jupiler Pro League side for a year's loan this summer after he struggled to make the grade at Celtic Park.
At the time, the club's manager Vrancken was ecstatic to land the 23-year-old. He said: "Let's be honest here, Marian Shved is an outstanding talent who would not normally choose to play for a club like Mechelen. We are very lucky to have him."
However, a few months on and after just three sub appearances for the club, Vrancken's patience has spectacularly shattered and Shved provoked an astonishing outburst from him when quizzed about his lack of appearances.
Vrancken said: "I don't feel like I should be wasting my time on him anymore.
"The players and staff have done everything they can to include Shved in the squad, but he puts himself above the group.
"He regularly arrives late and even pretends not to be here.
"The staff and the players have talked to him several times. I spoke to him in private, I also addressed him in the group. But we haven't got a response.
"Well, it stops now. If he wants to be a loner, he can. Go play billiards for the rest of his life or something.
"He doesn't want to belong in this group where everyone jumps through fires for each other.
"He is introverted, but his arrogance makes it worse.
"There are many players in football who have not got the best out of their career, despite all their talents.
"And the way Shved is going, this will happen to him too.
"If these comments get a response from him and make something click in his head, then so much the better and we will have a high-quality player on our hands.
"But if it doesn't then he won't play. I cannot accept he puts himself above the rest of the squad."
Shved is on a season-long loan with Mechelen until the end of the season, but the Belgians look certain to attempt to return him to Celtic before then, where he still has two-and-a-half years left of his contract.
Shved made just three appearances for the Hoops - he was one of Brendan Rodgers ' last signings.
