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."
