Graeme Souness finds Celtic ally in Callum McGregor row as REAL reason for explosive Rangers hero rant named

Kenny Dalglish reckons that passionate Graeme Souness showed his "will­ing" support for Scotland during the Germany mauling - including furious slapdown of Celtic captain Callum McGregor.

McGregor and his teammates were humbled in the Euro 2024 opener as the hosts ran riot against Steve Clarke's men - and furious Rangers legend singled out the Hoops' skipper for criticism in the TV studio for his decision to twice gamble on nicking the ball away from the likes of Ilkay Gundogan and Toni Kroos at key moments in the game. The Celtic skipper has since insisted he will use the stinging criticism as motivation for the remainder of the tournament - but Dalglish has a different verdict on the hot takes from the ITV pundit.

Writing for the Sunday Post, Dalglish credited the Ibrox icon as a clear Scotland cheerleader going into the crucial clash with Switzerland on Wednesday - with the former Celtic boss decoding the fury as passion to back the squad. He said: "There is doom and gloom just now but we will be ready for Wednesday can win the game.

"Steve will have the play­ers ready and they will be upbeat. There is plenty of exper­i­ence on that squad and they will find a way to turn this around. There is no doubt that Andy, John McGinn, Kieran Tier­ney, Scott McTom­inay and Cal­lum McGregor will want to make amends. They will give it their all to do so.

"They can see that every mem­ber of the Tartan Army was root­ing for them on Fri­day night. We all had a wee chuckle when they belted out to the Ger­man fans “You’re not singing any more” after we scored to pull it back to 4-1.

"They’ll be in good voice again in mid­week and every other Scot­tish per­son not inside the sta­dium will be cheer­ing for them. The media and pun­dits will also be will­ing them on. We could see that the other night from the likes of Graeme Souness and Ally McCoist."