Robbie Savage has been branded "an idiot" by Birmingham skipper
Damien Johnson over remarks he made about his former club.
Johnson was incensed when Savage claimed on Sky Sports that "a part
of me was glad" the Blues were relegated from the Barclays
Premiership after a four-year spell last May.
And the Northern Ireland international was also angry Savage said
he left to join Blackburn because of Mark Bowen's coaching ability
and deemed this a slight on Birmingham manager Steve Bruce and the
club's first-team coach Eric Black.
Johnson, recovering from a broken jaw, told the Birmingham Mail: "I
saw what Sav said on television and there was no need for him to
stir things up like he did.
"People say Sav is Sav but he's just an idiot. I was getting so
angry at his comments that I felt like driving down to the studio
myself.
"He was asked whether he was pleased we got relegated and he sat
there, smirking, and said 'yes, a part of me was glad'.
"Then he started on about the Mark Bowen issue and I thought
'what's all this about?' I was really annoyed. There was no need
for him to start going on like he did.
"For the record, Eric Black is as good a signing as the gaffer has
ever made. It's about time someone spoke up for him because of this
kind of rubbish said by Sav."
