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‘Tadjers oot’ Former Celt reveals bizarre details of Chinese team night out

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Derek Riordan has revealed bizarre details of a team night out in China where the players stripped off naked at a swimming pool!

The one time Celtic striker moved to Shaanxi Chanba in 2011 long before the big money poured into Chinese football.

It seemed a highly unusual move for the boy from Edinburgh who had managed to get himself banned from every pub in the capital.

With a pal called Fabio Deeks got to discover the delights of Chinese culture which included a team night out much different to those enjoyed in Scotland.

Riordan spent two seasons with Celtic under Gordon Strachan but the relationship between the two Edinburgh men always seemed strain.

At the age of 35 Deeks is no longer playing football, he scored eight goals for Celtic plus a penalty in the famous Champions League shoot out victory over Spartak Moscow.

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