Darren Ferguson has opened up about the time that Lee Tomlin smashed up his office after being told he would not be completing a move to Celtic from Peterborough back in 2013.

The attacking midfielder was the subject of serious interest from Celtic back in 2013 and the now Cardiff City star was eager to make the switch to the Scottish Champions and demanded that their bid was accepted.

Ferguson, the son of Legendary Manchester United manager Alex, told Tomlin that Celtic’s bid was far too low to allow him to leave and the transfer would not be taking place.

The Peterborough boss said that the player confronted him in his office on match day and when told about the situation, he then smashed up his office and left the stadium, which was then followed with an apologetic phone call later that night.

He told the Peterborough Evening Telegraph : “One morning (in 2013) he (Tomlin) rang me on the Saturday morning before a game and said he wanted to go to Celtic.

“They’d made a bid for him and he knew it. The players usually reported for work two hours before a game, but Lee was at the ground early and came over to see me in the gym and demanded to leave.

“I said he couldn’t as Celtic had only bid buttons. He wasn’t happy, but said he was okay to play that afternoon. He wasn’t so I took him off at half-time and we lost. Lee then came to see me in my office and I repeated he couldn’t leave as Celtic’s bid hadn’t been accepted.

“He didn’t take this well. He smashed something in my office, slammed a few doors and stormed out saying I was a disgrace and he would never play for me again! An hour later he rang me to apologise which was typical of him.

“Celtic behaved badly back then. For a club of their size to keep making bids while we were playing a game was poor.”

Now 7 years on and Lee Tomlin now is playing for Cardiff City and is now coming off of a very good season in which the attacking midfielder has claimed eight goals and 10 assists in helping the Bluebirds reach the Championship play-offs.