Todd Cantwell has blasted Chris Sutton as an "attention seeker" and insisted the ex-Celtic striker only started a feud with him to "stay relevant".
The pair have exchanged jibes on social media in recent months with Sutton first calling out the Rangers midfielder over "making a meal of things" in a discussion over a free-kick awarded for a foul on the former Norwich player.
Cantwell had fired back with a remark on social media sharing a cut on his leg with the caption "probably a dive".
The saga continued when Cantwell named Sutton when responding to a social media post on the best pundit in Scottish football as the Rangers ace commented: "I can tell you it isn't Chris Sutton."
The remark prompted a fierce response from Sutton where he branded Cantwell "TikTok" and referenced losses to Celtic.
Now, Cantwell has opened up on the war of words between the pair as he exclaimed: "Why are you so interested in Todd Cantwell?"
Speaking to The Beautiful Game Podcast, he said: “I’ll be completely honest, right. So my stance on this is very clear.
“So you have pundits, you have ex-footballers and their life’s completely different now. They don’t have that opportunity to play anymore and I can’t speak about what it’s like being an ex-footballer because I’m obviously still a current footballer.
“There’s just one thing that I can’t really understand when it comes to pundits that used to play football which is jumping on players - what I would call what Chris Sutton does is an attention seeker.
“I find that very bizarre because if you had a good career why are you sat on Twitter hammering in to a lad that you had an interview with and said ‘you’re an amazing person, amazing player’ when you’re back at Norwich and think that he just forgets that.
“For me this isn’t even real. What he’s doing is playing up to his links with Celtic and you know, he needs to stay relevant. And that’s sad for me. If I’m an ex-player on Twitter tweeting a 25-year old trying to stay relevant, for me, I look at myself and go ‘what am I doing?’ That’s just me. I don’t know what he’s sat at home doing.
“For me it’s like why are you so interested in Todd Cantwell? Why are you so interested in Rangers? You played for Celtic – fantastic. Support Celtic. Tweet about Celtic every day, you love them, that’s fine!
“But for me he just frustrates me. The reason I’ve had a couple of chomps – and I don’t chomp on much – is because he spoke to me at Norwich and he told me what a fantastic footballer I was, 'the world’s at your feet Todd, you’re a great guy Todd'.
“And then I sign for Rangers and it’s like ‘oh, just forget everything I said before and I’m going to start a feud with you on Twitter.’ I’m like ‘what?’”
