Rangers players ignored the leaked Celtic team because they were sure it couldn't be true. The Ibrox matchwinner revealed he got a text from a pal down south that alerted him to the news Odsonne Edouard wasn't going to play, and that youngster Stephen Welsh would be starting at centre back.
But he dismissed it as usual Old Firm hysteria and insists there's no way they could trust any leaks from Celtic Park because it's known these rumours fly around before games against Celtic all the time.
He admits he's no idea how his friend in England managed to hear the team news so early but revealed they had gone into the game still planning for Edouard and Christopher Jullien to be involved.Asked if the team had assessed the leak was part of their.
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