Neil Lennon has blasted the 'hypocrisy' of criticism over Celtic's Dubai trip and claims it has been blown out of proportion.
It comes as a second player tested positive for Covid-19 after Christopher Jullien provided a positive test following the camp.
Lennon was furious with the reaction after the club returned and he has today lashed out at 'pundits, media and government officials' for the furore since.
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Photos emerged from the trip of players and management staff enjoying a beer by the pool on day one of the training camp but Lennon insisted the players had not broken any rules overseas during their time away.
An irate Lennon said: "Another player has been deemed positive, Â it is someone who is self-isolating. Everyone is negative bar two players.
"I think that is remarkable and blows out the water the way the trip has been portrayed by certain quarters of the media, by certain pundits and by certain government officials as well. We did not abuse any ‘privilege’, we did the right things, we were totally professional.
"We had a little drink in the afternoon on the day of, completely allowed, no law breaking.
"But we come back to this barrage of absolute hypocrisy."
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