CELTIC have issued a statement calling for an investigation from Sky Sports, following the broadcaster's interview with Rangers striker Alfredo Morelos.

The sit-down was conducted in Morelos' native Spanish, with the subtitles reading as Morelos discussed the treatment he recieved playing against Celtic: "Afterwards it was very frustrating to hear the crowd screaming at me. They were saying offensive and racist words."

The Scottish champions' statement argues that this is not what Morelos' words translated to in English, and as a result have called for an investigation into the interview by the broadcaster for 'inconsistencies between the words spoken... and the subtitles used by Sky Sports'.

The statement on the club's website read: "Celtic Football Club has today asked Sky Sports to conduct an investigation into an interview broadcast yesterday, which accused Celtic supporters of racist behaviour.

"Translations provided to Celtic Football Club have shown inconsistencies between the words spoken during the interview broadcast and the subtitles used by Sky Sports.

"In particular, and most concerning, while the broadcaster used the following subtitle on screen: "Afterwards it was very frustrating to hear the crowd screaming at me. They were saying offensive and racist words.""

"Mr Morelos does not use these words anywhere within the extended interview which has been broadcast across Sky’s platforms."

Sky Sports have since removed the interview from their website following questions over the accuracy of the translation.

A spokesman said: "We are aware of concerns raised about the content of the interview with Alfredo Morelos. While we are checking those we have removed the material from all our platforms."