Sir Alex Ferguson turns up at Champions League clash despite supporting hosts’ fierce rivals

SIR ALEX FERGUSON was spotted astatine Celtic Park connected a Champions League nighttime contempt being a boyhood instrumentality of Rangers.

The legendary manager was snapped successful the seats arsenic Celtic pulled disconnected a stunning triumph implicit RB Leipzig.

Ferguson, 82, looked smiley arsenic Brendan Rodger's broadside pulled disconnected a 3-1 triumph implicit their German foes.

The erstwhile Manchester United manager was a boyhood instrumentality of Celtic's fierce rivals, Rangers.

He was adjacent made the astir costly subordinate successful Scotland erstwhile the nine signed him backmost successful 1967.

However, his clip astatine the nine was marred by sectarianism.

When asked if helium had joined his woman Cathy successful a christianity religion by a Rangers director, helium said that it was a registry bureau instead.

Ferguson has admitted that helium is inactive annoyed astir the infinitesimal and should person told the manager to "bugger off".

While helium is inactive fond of the Rangers, helium lone supports the nine erstwhile they play against the Celtics.

He told the Belfast Telegraph: "The lone clip I truly enactment Rangers is erstwhile they play Celtic.

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"The large one. Jason [Ferguson's son] is simply a Celtic fan. I emotion phoning him up erstwhile Rangers person beaten them."

Christoph Baumgartner had fixed Leipzig the pb astatine Celtic Park earlier the hosts fought back.

Nicolas-Gerrit Kuhn fired a brace successful for Celtic earlier Reo Hatate netted the slayer stroke successful the 72nd minute.

Manager Rogders' hailed the effect arsenic a "great nighttime for the club".

He said:"The result, the performance, the vigor successful the stadium.

"The supporters volition spell distant feeling truly bully astir their team.

"But we played our mode successful to the game, showed a maturity to get the shot moving again and past we get the goal.

"Over the people of the crippled I thought we were truly dominant, some successful our pressing of the crippled and our hunger for the 2nd goal.

"We got that and past I thought successful the 2nd fractional we managed the crippled truly well."

Meanwhile, Fergsuon has kept himself engaged successful status and has been attending plentifulness of football matches.

Just past week helium was spotted sitting adjacent to erstwhile England cricketer Michael Vaughan during Man United's Carabao Cup triumph implicit Leicester City.

And connected the play helium was seen leaving Sir Jim Ratcliffe successful hysterics astatine Old Trafford for the Premier League gully versus Chelsea.