FORMER Rangers hero Shota Arveladze has been caught up in the violent protests in his homeland of Georgia after insisting he had to go and demonstrate with his countrymen.
Arveladze spent four years at Rangers and won five major trophies with the Ibrox side until 2005 and later went into management and had a spell as Hull City boss.
He's now back in his homeland after his last job as manager of Turkish outfit Fatih Karagumruk ended and he explained why he decided to join the thousands of Georgian people protesting against Prime Minister Kobakhidze's decision to delay joining the EU for another three years, which has escalated into serious disorder after four nights of violence in the capital Tbilisi.
Read more:
-
Rangers' Clement vows 'nothing decided in December' as Man City cited
-
Ex- Rangers boss Van Bronckhorst's staggering Besiktas wages revealed
Arveladze said: "When I saw what was happening, I couldn't imagine not joining the people and protesting.
"What is happening here is terrible. There are people here who are supposed to protect you deliberately injuring the sick and needy.
"Why have 300,000 people left Georgia? Why do countless people come out and protest after any decision of the government?
"It's a disgusting situation in this country and I wanted to show my support for the people of Georgia like everyone else here."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel