Gattuso and Gazza got up to no good behind the scenes when at Ibrox after the Italian was deprived of his religious neckwear...
01-May-2009 7:56:04 PM
Milan midfielder Gennaro Gattuso is unlikely to make any friends at Buckingham Palace as the former Glasgow Rangers man reveals his antics alongside Paul Gascoigne at Ibrox.
The Italian international played for the SPL side during the 1997/98 season alongside the former England international. Gattuso admits he used to kick footballs at pictures of the Queen during training sessions.
"Everyone used to tell me to take off my crucifix in the dressing room," he began by saying. (Rangers are a club identified with Scotland's Protestant community, whereas Celtic are viewed as a more Catholic club.)
"So I used to kick balls at the photo of the Queen: my tutor there was Paul Gascoigne," Gattuso told L'Era Glaciale.
That wasn't the only bit of horseplay from Rino, who had a run-in by proxy with a certain Sean Connery, erstwhile James Bond actor and well-known Rangers convert.
"When I decided to leave the club Sean Connery tried to oppose it, but I told him to mind his own bloody business," he was quoted as saying. (Gattuso was quoted as saying that Connery was the 'vice president' at Ibrox. In fact Connery was not on the board.)
After leaving Rangers, the midfield ace joined Salernitana, before moving to Milan in 1999. He is currently recovering from a knee injury.
Salvatore Landolina, Goal.com
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