Todd Cantwell breaks silence on Celtic 'troll' as Rangers star reveals 'abuse' and 'threats'

Rangers star Todd Cantwell has revealed daily abuse and threats as he played down a social media post which was perceived by punters as a dig at Celtic.

The playmaker took to Instagram following the defeat for Brendan Rodgers' side in the Viaplay Cup to Kilmarnock - which brought an end Celtic 's hopes of repeating the Treble heroics of Ange Postecoglou last season just three games into the Parkhead side's new season. The image posted to Cantwell's story showed a picture of himself with his tongue out he captioned it with a tongue wagging emoji.

It was decoded by many punters as a sly troll of the Scottish Premiership champions with Rangers fans lapping up the post - with some hailing it as "banter" and branding it '"awesome". The comment was taken negatively be some sections of the Celtic support following their shock Rugby Park defeat. However, the former Norwich City star has moved to clear up any confusion as he opened up on the abuse he "receives every day" in an Instagram post.

Cantwell said: "Woke up this morning to see all the comments about a photo I posted. So just for clarity, I can get abused every day in so many ways and get threatened, but I can't post a photo of me smiling? Seriously guys. May as well all just delete our accounts then."

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