DOUMBE: STRACHAN MADE LIFE A LIVING HELL.OUTGOING Celtic defender Jean-Joel Perrier-Doumbe has lambasted former manager Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan /strɔ:n/ OBE (born 9 February 1957, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player, and is now a football , blaming him for a difficult final season in Glasgow. Perrier-Doumbe is set to leave the Scottish giants after coming to the end of his contract at Celtic Park This page is about the soccer stadium in Glasgow. For the Gaelic Athletic Association stadium in Derry, Northern Ireland, click here Celtic Park is a football stadium in the Parkhead area of Glasgow in Scotland. It is the home ground of Celtic Football Club. and he admits it has been an unhappy experience. The former Rennes player was a regular during his loan spell at the club in the first half of 2007, and his performance persuaded Celtic to sign him on a permanent basis that summer. However, Perrier-Doumbe found himself sidelined shortly after coming back from five months out with an Achilles injury and the 30-year-old has lashed out at his former boss, who resigned last month. "I have mixed feelings about my time at Celtic," PerrierDoumbe said. "At the beginning, I was a regular starter in the league, in the Champions League, I scored the goal in the Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup[1], usually known as the Scottish Cup, is the national cup knockout competition in Scottish football. The trophy awarded to the winners has the distinction of being the oldest national trophy in the world. final. "Everything was going well. Then I got injured against AC Milan in October, I came back fine before the manager gave me a really hard time. "Last summer, I asked to leave when the club signed Andreas Hinkel Andreas Hinkel (born March 26, 1982 in Backnang) is a professional German footballer, who plays for Spanish La Liga club Sevilla FC. Hinkel plays as a defender, starting his career in VfB Stuttgart of Germany. . The manager categorically refused. He never played me again. "Did I annoy him when I asked to leave? I don't know. "Anyway, I didn't understand anything. No-one understood. "I tried my luck again in January, because I had interest from Norwich and Coventry for loan spells, also in Hungary, at Ujpest! "Again the manager refused. Outcome - I spent my season on the bench." CAPTION(S): PARADISE LOST Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe is quitting |
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