#7 Mo Johnston
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Johnston stands out amongst these traitors for one reason in particular – his signing caused an uproar in the camps of both his former club AND the rivals he would sign for. The Glaswegian striker had a very successful three-year spell with Celtic in the mid-1980s, scoring 52 goals in 99 games, leading the club to Scottish League and Cup glory.
He would move to Nantes in 1987, claiming later that he would re-sign for Celtic when his deal with the French club expired. However, not only he did go back on his statement, but he went and signed for Rangers instead.
Supporters of Rangers were not happy either. Given the religious context of Celtic and Rangers’ rivalry, Rangers would never sign players who were openly Catholic, but they did so when they signed Johnston up on a deal.
In his first season though he would score an injury-time strike against his former club for Rangers to regain the support of some fans but his reputation at Celtic remained in tatters.
