Christopher Jullien reveals NO Celtic goodbye for 'distant' Ange as he makes claim but can't deny boss' brilliance

Christopher Jullien hailed Ange Postecoglou as one of the best managers he’s ever worked with but admitted “as a man we didn't have that link” as he accused the Hoops gaffer going back on a promise to give him minutes towards the end of the title-winning season.

The Frenchman returned to France in a £1 million move to Montpellier at the start of this season having joined the club in the summer of 2019 when he became the second most expensive player in the club’s history after joining for £7m from Toulouse.

But a knee injury wrecked his season in the catastrophic Covid-hit campaign and when Neil Lennon was axed and replaced by Postecoglou, Jullien was always playing catch-up and admitted he just never hit it off with the Aussie. The 29-year-old admitted in an interview with the Mail on Sunday: “He was a really good coach but as a man we didn't have that link.

“I had some conversations at the beginning about how he sees the game. It was fascinating. I can say he is one of the best trainers I have witnessed. But the man himself, we just didn't click.

"Sometimes my team-mates would say why not go and see him? And I'm like 'man, what do you want me to say? The team is winning every game three or four-zero, you're winning everything’. I understand that management is difficult. It's not just 11 players and keeping everyone involved is hard because players can be impatient, emotional.

"I played just once. It was a cup game against a second division team (Raith Rovers) and I felt I could have had more time but afterwards I said 'thanks coach’. Before the season finished I went to see him, not to ask to play, but to see how he found me in training and my level. After we finished the meeting he said: 'If we are champions I will