Sir Rod Stewart, 80, breaks silence as beloved Celtic crash out of Champions League as he issues heartfelt post
Sir Rod Stewart has spoken out for the first time since his beloved football team Celtic suffered a heartbreaking exit from the Champions League.
The Scottish champions were sent out of the competition by German giants Bayern Munich.
The Glaswegian team, one half of the legendary Glasgow Old Firm derby, travelled to Bayern Munich’s Allianz Arena on Tuesday night.
In the build-up to the game, Stewart had shared a video of himself and his son Alastair decked out in Celtic tops watching the game.
“Please do it bhoys,” Alastair captioned the selfie video alongside three four-leaf clover emojis.
The clash in European club football’s topflight competition saw Stewart’s beloved team try and turn around a 1-2 defeat at home in their trip to Munich.
A Celtic goal gave fans hope of an extra-time showdown, but their dreams were brutally dashed after a last-minute goal from Bayern Munich saw the Scottish team crash out of the competition.
In the wake of the heartbreaking exit, Stewart has now shared his thoughts on the game.
“So proud of this Celtic team,” the Maggie May hitmaker wrote alongside a picture from the official Celtic FC account.
The music icon made headlines while attending the first leg of the tie at Celtic Park in Glasgow earlier this month after taking part in a drunken interview with former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel for CBS before the game.
Stewart admitted he had “had a couple” drinks to get in the spirit after telling the cheering crowd to “shut up” and accidentally swearing repeatedly.
“You had better get me off the air. I’m embarrassing myself!” he joked.
Stewart, despite being born in North London, is a lifelong Celtic and Scottish national team fan – following in the footsteps of his Scottish father Robert Joseph Stewart.
Stewart explained that his Edinburgh-born father had “a big bearing” on the footballing opinions of he and his brothers.
Even though his dad supported Edinburgh club Hibernian, the 80-year previously revealed he became a Hoops follower after meeting legendary Celtic manager Jock Stein after a gig in Glasgow.
Stewart’s also recently paid tribute to the late legendary Scottish player Denis Law.
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The Manchester United, Scotland and Ballon d’Or winning striker died at the age of 84 last month.
Following the news, the music icon issued a touching tribute to the footballing legend.
“Farewell my hero,” Stewart wrote followed by a simple “rest in peace.”
Accompanying the statement was a heartwarming image of Stewart and Law on a pitch, arms over each other’s shoulders, wearing Scotland kits.