McGeady backing Rangers defeat and would love to play for Celtic again

Former Celtic star Aiden McGeady is backing his former club Spartak Moscow to beat Rangers tonight, and has also admitted that he would to re-join the Hoops, the Daily Record reports..

Currently playing in English League One with Sunderland, McGeady spent four years on the books at Spartak after joining the Russian side for £9.5m from Celtic back in 2010.

Despite Spartak having lost their last four consecutive home league games, McGeady is fancying his old side to dismantle Rangers tonight.

McGeady said:

Given the standard of player at Spartak, I don’t think they will have any problems against Rangers.

If Spartak play the way I know they can, then they should have no problem achieving the right result.

I know Spartak, I still follow them and keep in touch with some of the players.

Steven Gerrard was a terrific player and now he decided to test himself as a manager.

And he’s started this season well, by leading Rangers into the Group Stages of the Europa League.

Steven has the making to become a top coach, but it will take time before you can judge his success.

McGeady went on to say that he would love to pull on a Celtic shirt once again, but that he may try coaching if he does not complete a return to the club.

I think the moment where I could have returned as Celtic player has passed.

I would be happy to finish my career in a Celtic shirt, but I don’t think it will happen.

I have not seriously thought about coaching career, but a couple of years ago I would have flatly rejected the idea of becoming a coach, but the older I get, the more I play and watch football, the more often I think about it.

My attention is drawn now to certain coaching decisions and I think that perhaps in some situations I would have acted differently.