Gordon Strachan let me down at Celtic by breaking his promise - the way it ended was wrong

Adam Virgo was at his most vulnerable when he signed for Celtic.

Just months after his dad was attacked and killed by a burglar at his home, the versatile defender needed a safe space to play his football.

Virgo had a support network at Brighton, as his teammates rallied behind him to get him through the most awful tragedy imaginable.

So it's understandable why the stopper would have reservations about moving north of the border after five successful years with the Seagulls.

Virgo knew the size of the opportunity that awaited him after Gordon Strachan pulled out all of the stops to convince him to make the £1.5million switch to Parkhead.

Looking back, Virgo believes he was sold a false dream. A debut season on the fringes in Glasgow followed by two years out on loan at Coventry City and Colchester United was not what he had signed up for.

In a candid interview with the Under The Cosh podcast, Virgo said: "I remember meeting Gordon in Brighton and I always remember this, he said to me, 'What's your main worry?'. I said, 'I'm not going to play, that's my main worry. My dad's only just died and I don't think I'm quite ready for it at the moment.'

"He went, 'I promise you this, you're going to go up as my number one right back. And then when you go from there, you're going to go into centre half.' I remember looking him in the eye and I said, 'You promise me that?' and he went, 'Yeah'.

"So I said, 'Well, I'd be stupid to turn down the move.' That was then the start of me going up there and it not really materialising as what he promised. And then the way that it ended... I just thought it was pretty wrong, to be honest.

"Considering what I had just been through and he said the club would look after me. Celtic's an