Marian Shved has as soon as once more slammed former Celtic boss Neil Lennon, because the extensive man seemed again on his disastrous spell with the membership.
The 25-year made the transfer to Parkhead in January 2019 from Ukranian facet Karpaty Lviv, who he stayed with on mortgage for the rest of the season. He was one in every of Brendan Rodgers' closing signings as Celtic boss, earlier than the Northern Irishman opted to take over the reigns at Leicester Metropolis in March 2019. Regardless of scoring on his Hoops debut within the Champions League qualifying spherical towards Estonian outfit Nomme Kalju the next August, Shved didn't settle in Glasgow, and after simply three appearances in two years he moved to Ok.V. Mechelen in Belgium.
The winger was capable of revitalise his profession while with in Belgian prime flight, and a few spectacular performances in his two and a half years at Mechelen earned him a transfer again to his homeland with Shakhtar Donetsk final summer time, the place he netted a brace on his Champions League debut within the 4-1 group F victory over RB Leipzig.
Shved additionally confronted his outdated facet Celtic within the competitors and performed 60 minutes within the 1-1 draw with the Bhoys again in September. After selecting up an damage on matchday three within the competitors towards Actual Madrid final month, Shved has been out of motion utterly, and missed the possibility to make his return to Parkhead within the return match towards Celtic, which once more completed 1-1 and ensured a third place end in Group F for Shakhtar and extra European soccer within the new yr.
Forward of the pair's first assembly, Shved had some harsh phrases for his outdated supervisor Lennon, who he claimed broke a promise to him that he can be given common recreation time at Celtic.
And now the 25-year outdated has had one other swipe on the Irishmen and his teaching abilities, while additionally recalling his transient encounter with Brendan Rodgers earlier than he was loaned again to Karpaty Lviv. Talking to the Mail on Sunday, he stated: "Perhaps he already knew he was going to Leicester and that's the reason he stated this, however Rodgers by no means instructed me he was not going to make use of me. I believe I had two weeks coaching with Rodgers and that was it. After that, Lennon got here in however, for my part, he did not do something good for us as a result of the primary season the group performed properly on the strategies of Rodgers.
"The second season confirmed Lennon's abilities as a coach. We misplaced towards Cluj within the qualifiers for the Champions League and, after all, the outcomes are the duty of the coach. I do not suppose he educated us properly. He was on the coaching day-after-day however he didn't management the method. Look, the group nonetheless performed properly. As for me? I did not play and it is my downside. That was not the issue of the coach."
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