EX-Celtic star Aiden McGeady has recalled the time Neil Lennon "threatened to kill" him over a cheeky nutmeg in training.
The winger made the revelation in an interview with former teammate Simon Ferry.
McGeady laughed as he told Ferry that Lennon gave him an earful after the then 17-year-old had nutmegged him during a training session.
He said: "I had the ball in training and I had nowhere to go, Lenny was running towards me at full pace.
"I don't think I called it but I just 'megged him, he was threatening to kill me."
McGeady revealed that a furious Lennon told him: "Do that again and I'll kill you."
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He added: "I remember Thommo [Alan Thompson] came up and told me "I'll give you £100 if you meg him again"".
The starlet was also backed up by Hoops legend Henrik Larsson, who encouraged the young winger to try it again.
McGeady said: "Henrik Larsson told me, "you're on the same pitch as him, you deserve to be here".
"That really stuck out for me."
McGeady went on to make 185 appearances for Celtic before moving to Spartak Moscow in 2010.
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