Looking at the last couple of generations of Irish players, it's fair to say that few of them had a more interesting career than Aiden McGeady.
The winger would spend times at the likes of Celtic, Spartak Moscow, and Everton, before then finding himself in a financial standoff with Sunderland. He would remain at the club despite their best efforts to get his high wages off their books after relegation, eventually playing his way back into team and putting in some massive performances in League One.
Now 38-years old, McGeady is still playing at a professional level. He has been at Scottish Championship club Ayr United since 2023, where he is also dipping his toe into the world of football administration as a technical director.
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Aiden McGeady Recalls Random Text Abuse From Unai Emery
Aiden McGeady has no shortage of interesting stories from his career, many of which came during his time in Russia. He spent three-and-a-half years in Moscow, with Unai Emery being his manager for a short period at the club.
While the Spaniard would be sacked after just six months in charge of Spartak Moscow, it seemed as though he held some sort of grudge against the Irishman after his exit.
Speaking on the Open Goal podcast, McGeady recalled receiving a random abusive text from Emery, up to a couple of years after the manager left the Russian club.
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When I left Russia, we had pre-season in Spain and he had been back to Sevilla.
I got a random text message off him saying 'f**k you' with exclamation marks. I've like showed the Argentinian centre half, saying 'f*****g Emery's just text me saying f**k you'.
He was like 'what the f**k is all that about, is he raging with you?'
I went no, but I don't know. I just wrote back to him 'f**k you', then he wrote back again 'f**k you'. And then that was it done!
I was like 'can you explain this to me?' He was like 'no'.
It was bizarre man.
A strange one.
Unai Emery was not well liked during his time at Spartak Moscow and seemed to have a difficult relationship with Aiden McGeady. Russian striker Artem Dzyuba recalled last year how the Irishman once walked off the training pitch in the middle of a particularly boring session, something that did not go down well with the Spaniard.
Judging by this story, he might have held a grudge over that incident.
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