Davie Provan has distanced himself from the comments that Kris Boyd made about Callum McGregor.
The former Celtic winger has over 30 years experience in the media, graduating from covering Scottish football for Sky Sports through to being one of their top authorities on the EPL.
Along the way Provan has been a regular newspaper columnist, delivering a hard hitting column for the News of the World then the Sunday Sun where he went after the big issues without going close to overstepping the mark.
Boyd has been playing with fire in his comments about Celtic players and fans in recent times, following the Glasgow derby his comments in The Sun were way below the belt as he questioned why no opponents had tested out Callum McGregor’s face mask.
Discussing those comments on Go Radio, the Daily Record reports Provan saying:
What I will say, is in my time if there was an Old Firm game and a Rangers player was playing with a mask, there is no way we’d be treating him any differently.
We’d make sure he knew we weren’t going to do him any favours because he had a mask on. You would want to put a physical pressure on him, you would want to take advantage of any possible weakness in an Old Firm.
Having said that… I would certainly not want to see anybody suggesting that somebody should’ve come and smashed Callum McGregor, for example, or tried to hurt him, or make the injury any worse. I certainly would not condone that.
With regards to comments made by former professional footballer Kris Boyd concerning Callum McGregor’s injury, we can confirm that the matter is currently being addressed by the club.
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) February 4, 2022
Last night Boyd reacted to Celtic’s tweet by explaining the context of his comment, there was no apology.
Not convinced either by another soup takers
statement……
Ger boyd banned from paradise and ban the sun aswell because that fat zombie should be no were near a player our a tv set he’s just bitter ratbag who hates celtic.
No were near a paper our tv set bitter fat scumbag.
Why o why is this man still commentating he sbould get sacked all he does is slag celts of never got a good word 2 say how good play the guy is an idiot would someone pls gag the bigot hail hail.
Sky sports might get more subscribers if they got rid of that mouth piece. He thinks he’s the only one that knows anything about football.what a dunderhead.
No attempt to try and be impartial (impartial means “fair” Kris.)
Every time I see that fat headed bigot I either switch the station or mute him maybe Sky should do the same switch him for someone else, maybe WORZEL GUMMIDGE WITH HIS CLEVER HEAD ON. ?????? fat balloon, no doubt he will be looking for a sympathy vote.
I’m just surprised any right thinking human being reads the sun. Join the Liverpool ban of that disgusting rag and its low-life reporters. They tried to give it away in Liverpool and nobody would take it.
to the moderator… You seem to reject comments of a political nature. I note again the oppression of free speech in your refusal to print my comment. Gosh. You do seem to be becoming 2real media.” in its truest form. SAD. Boycott the sun.
Don’t expect an apology from Void Boyd anytime soon. He is just pandering to the Bluenose hordes and has no time for Celtic FC, its fans or its history and ethos. An Ibrox apologist of the highest order. As for his attempt at context oh good grief.
That thick bigot hates anything to do with celtic his face on Wed was a picture to be hold he was shocked by celtic how easy it was for us he could not say anything but give celtic full praise on there display but deep down hated it don’t believe he wrote that rubbish to many big words for him .
Boyd is a disgusting individual.
Anyone connected to him will be ashamed by association.
Once an animal always an animal somebody sack the tossa so we don’t have to see his shite.