Kasper Schmeichel thanked people for their messages of support in regards to his injury update while appearing on CBS Sports Golazo for the second time in as many days, but Celtic supporters will say otherwise.
Schmeichel requires surgery on a shoulder injury that will rule him out for 10-12 months, and probably bring an end to his playing career.
There will be an inquest on who is to blame for the Schmeichel injury but his failure to acknowledge the club in any of these updates should leave a bad taste in the mouth of everyone with the club.
Who is to blame for the Kasper Schmeichel calamity at Celtic?
Let us know in the comments.
Kasper Schmeichel doesn’t mention Celtic in injury updates
Some have expressed sympathy towards the Denmark international, who was hoping to battle through and be fit to play for his country in their World Cup qualifier play-offs and the finals, if they reached them.
That won’t be happening and he has been rightly called out Chris Sutton and others for being ‘selfish’.
In both of his TV appearances for this week’s Champions League games, the goalkeeper has failed to acknowledge Celtic once.
Instead, he would prefer to talk about how many messages he has had in response, or how costly this is for Denmark. What about your current club that employs you, Kasper?
Kasper Schmeichel’s Celtic legacy is in tatters
While we can look back at Schmeichel’s playing days at Celtic and still call him a success, this latest revelation has soured people’s views of him.
People will acknowledge that he was brilliant in his first season, but having no thought for his teammates, supporters and manager is arrogance of the highest order.
Others have to shoulder the responsibility of selecting him but the bottom line is that the 39-year-old was complicit by keeping him quiet.
You have £10m to spend on a new goalkeeper to replace Kasper Schmeichel…
Who do you pick?
Some will say it is admirable to see a player putting his body on the line but that isn’t it. Celtic’s season could have looked so much more different with a fit goalkeeper between the sticks all year.
Unlike his predecessor Joe Hart, Schmeichel is unlikely to be given a hero’s farewell when he inevitably leaves.
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