‘It’s things like this that keep up buried’ – Rangers fan pain at Celtic’s £30m Matt O’Riley Brighton deal

The day when Matt O’Riley becomes an official Brighton player is closing in real fast now.

O’Riley has been a superb signing for Celtic is and loved by every single Hoops supporter.

Ever since he made his debut against Hearts in 2022, the signs were already there that O’Riley is and would turn into a quality player.

And now, two and a a half seasons and six trophies later, O’Riley is set to strut his stuff in the English Premier league this season for the The Seagulls.

It’s a gutting transfer for the Celtic fans to take but it seems that it’s also broken the Rangers fans as the Ibrox support vent their feelings on the Scottish record transfer fee.

Rangers fan pain at Celtic’s O’Riley deal

Not long after Fabrizio Romano had announced that a deal for the Celtic midfielder was close to being struck, the pain from Ibrox was clear to see.

Sometimes it’s hard not to be impressed.

Identified from a lower league than guys we targeted and over-rewarded (Lawrence, Dowell, Cantwell) and sold for a record fee.

You can afford to get some wrong when you get just a few big ones right. https://t.co/XlUgAgeAeY

— Andy McKellar (@AMcKellar89) August 23, 2024

This is just a mental take:

25m is horrific value on him but there’s crazy money flying around in the prem. He’s not a striker and he won’t be a game changer… no surprise Atalanta and others walked away laughing. €18m was about right.

— Jamie (@Userisjamie) August 23, 2024

Not only did O’Riley slap his club about, he won two man of the match awards in the Champions League.

Anyway:

He wasn’t even their first choice signing for that position, the guy they wanted went elsewhere. He was the back up

Unreal 😭

— Mr M (@MBS1872__) August 23, 2024

It is unreal and that’s what makes that Rangers supporters’ pain even better. And now:

Undoubtedly a good player with potential to do better, but only 2 caps for Denmark, couldnt get in their Euro squad, only played 12 games in Europe in a team that were largely embarrassed. I genuinely have no idea how they do it.

— Aye Ready Podcast (@AyeReadyPod) August 23, 2024

Maybe ‘Aye Ready’ needs to stick to talking about his own players because this podcast’s reputation has been shot to pieces after that comment.

This has to be the comment of the thread:

It's things like this that keep us buried. They have been infinitely better at keeping ahead and keeping us down than we've ever been

— Nils Koppen Loyal (@GraemeGames) August 23, 2024

And there were many more comments just like this. The pain from the Ibrox support is superb and if Celtic invest every penny of that £30m fee back into the team, then Rangers will forever be in our shadow.

Over to you Michael Nicholson.