Jamie Carragher pins Rangers and Celtic colours to the mast as he names what side of divide he's on
The Liverpool legend has announced his Glasgow allegiance.
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher recently pledged his allegiance to one of the Glasgow giants while on air with CBS Sports this week.
The former defender is part of a popular panel that provides Champions League coverage for the American TV network, alongside host Kate Abdo and fellow pundits Thierry Henry and Micah Richards. The four have become a popular broadcasting team and their discussions are often more conversational and light-hearted rather than serious.
As well as coverage of Europe’s most elite, CBS Sports delves into football from all around the world, including Scotland. During an airing of the show this week, former Manchester City icon Richards asked Carragher who he preferred between Celtic and Rangers, and the ex-Anfield star didn’t hesitate before giving his answer.
“I am Celtic,” the 46-year-old said (Paramount+ 17/09/24, 6:55 pm).
Brendan Rodgers managed Carragher at Liverpool in the latter months of his career before his retirement in 2013. He hung up his boots at the end of the season but admitted that he was convinced by the now Celtic boss not to call time on his decorated career halfway through the campaign.
“I nearly finished halfway through a season with Brendan Rodgers, and he said: ‘No, just stick with it’ and he ended up putting me back in the team,” Carragher recently told the Stick to Football podcast.
Celtic are flying once again this season and have not put a foot wrong since the 2024/25 campaign started. The Hoops are unbeaten in all competitions so far and top the Scottish Premiership table with 15 points from their first five games and not a single goal conceded.
In amongst their 100 percent win streak is a 3-0 victory over Rangers at Parkhead. Celtic kicked off the start of the Old Firm clashes with a statement performance on home soil, which saw Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi and Callum McGregor all get on the scoresheet.
The Hoops’ latest outing marked their ideal start to the new Champions League format — a 5-1 win over Slovan Bratislava to set them up against Borussia Dortmund on October 1st.