{"id":346047,"date":"2026-01-01T08:01:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/346047\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:01:10","slug":"rod-stewarts-heart-breaks-over-wilfried-nancy-as-exasperated-star-shares-emotional-video-after-celtic-humiliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/346047\/","title":{"rendered":"Rod Stewart&#8217;s &#8216;heart breaks&#8217; over Wilfried Nancy as exasperated star shares emotional video after Celtic &#8216;humiliation&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rocker will be at Parkhead on Saturday for the derby and expressed his concerns<\/p>\n<p>16:31, 31 Dec 2025Updated 18:32, 31 Dec 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Distraught Sir Rod Stewart admits Wilfried Nancy is breaking his HEART and giving him sleepless nights with his beloved <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/celtic-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Celtic<\/a> in freefall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The superstar rock singer, 80, watched in agony as the toiling <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-match-reports\/wilfried-nancy-suffers-celtic-catastrophe-36476337\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">champions were pummelled by Motherwell at Fir Park<\/a> &#8211; blowing the chance to move level on points with league leaders Hearts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Rock icon Rod branded the 2-0 defeat a &#8220;humiliation&#8221; as he took to Instagram to vent his frustrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Nancy is now just two losses shy of matching John Barnes&#8217; miserable record in charge at Parkhead after just 29 days at the helm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">And sickened Sir Rod &#8211; who will be at Parkhead for Saturday&#8217;s Glasgow derby &#8211; hinted he wants Nancy sacked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Filming from inside his Celtic decorated gym, he said: &#8220;I didn&#8217;t sleep last night, and I\u2019ll tell you why. We were beaten &#8211; Celtic, that is, and I love the Celtic, as you can see &#8211; by a very, very good Motherwell team who play, in my opinion, very modern, advanced football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;They just kept attacking and attacking, and it was made easy by our backline that didn\u2019t seem to exist. We were humiliated &#8211; really humiliated. Now, where is this all going to end?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0_JS391800428.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Celtic manager Wilfried Nancy looks dejected <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Is Nancy going to go? Is he going to be<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-transfer-news\/russell-martin-sacked-rangers-after-35900348\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\"> sacked, like Russell Martin, maybe?<\/a> Or is he going to continue, and we\u2019re going to keep losing?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;He has now won two games out of seven, and apparently, the worst manager we\u2019ve ever had was sacked after eight (seven) losses in 29 (26) games. John Barnes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It looks like this guy\u2019s going to continue, so it breaks my heart. Should we give him a chance in January? I don\u2019t know, but it looks like he\u2019s going to stay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I come from a footballing family. We all love football. I remember my mum once said, &#8216;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/sport\/football\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Football<\/a> has caused more distress and arguments in the Stewart family than Adolf Hitler.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;So, with that thought in mind, I\u2019ll be up there on Saturday to watch the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/celtic-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Celtic<\/a>, and good luck, <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/all-about\/rangers-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\">Rangers<\/a>!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rocker will be at Parkhead on Saturday for the derby and expressed his concerns 16:31, 31 Dec&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[2817,218,22802,2714,24105,101,56,54,55,106896],"class_list":["post-346047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-celtic-fc","tag-football","tag-motherwell-fc","tag-rangers-fc","tag-rod-stewart","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wilfried-nancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}