Source: Team_Talk
McGeady glad to escape 'abuse'
Aiden McGeady revealed the constant abuse he received in Glasgow led to his decision to leave Celtic for Spartak Moscow.[LNB] The 24-year-old Republic of Ireland midfielder completed his £9.5million move last week and flies to Russia on Wednesday to start his new life.[LNB]McGeady is keen to get away from the vitriol that he regularly encountered in his native city.[LNB]"Moscow is a huge city and it will be possible to have a degree of privacy," he told the Daily Record. "Glasgow really is a goldfish bowl and it's one of the things I'm glad to be getting away from.[LNB]"Neil Lennon (Celtic manager) said to me I might miss the adulation Celtic players get but I'm not so sure.[LNB]"My view is I need a break from it. I've had my experiences of Glasgow and I do need a change.[LNB]"There is always someone wanting to have a go at you. I got into a few fights in the past and wish I hadn't. I let my guard down a few times and it cost me.[LNB]"But some of the verbal abuse I had to take was really out of order. Because I'm a footballer, people think they are entitled to say what they like and get away with it.[LNB]"I'm talking about grown men here. They would shout, 'I hate you' or 'I'm gonna kill you, wee man'.[LNB]"There was also a lot worse but I'm not going to go into that."[LNB]McGeady claimed his decision to play for the Republic of Ireland rather than Scotland also made him a target for abuse from away supporters.[LNB]He told The Herald: "There are a lot of horrible places in Scotland for that type of thing: Tynecastle, Ibrox obviously is always going to be bad with the Celtic-Rangers rivalry, Motherwell, Falkirk.[LNB]"Some fans there hate everything Celtic stand for and everything I stand for as an Irish Catholic playing for Celtic.[LNB]"It begins in the warm-ups before games with all sorts of stuff being shouted at you, even from little kids."
