Vaclav Cerny's Old Firm Rangers shirt selling for £24,000 amid water squirting probe

Rangers forward Vaclav Cerny’s match-worn Old Firm jersey has sparked a bidding war amid a police investigation into him allegedly squirting water at Celtic fans.

Footage from the match appears to show the Czech winger spraying fans with a water bottle as he celebrated teammate Hamza Igamane’s winning goal during the 3-2 victory at Celtic Park on Sunday.

Sky Sports cameras captured the incident as they turned to see Rangers interim manager Barry Ferguson’s reaction.

Celtic released a statement following the derby saying that the club had “raised concerns regarding members of the away team engaging with Celtic supporters with the relevant authorities”.

Police Scotland has since confirmed it is investigating the incident.

The shirt is selling for a high figure. Matchwornshirt.com via Supplied

The march-worn top from the incident has since become the subject of a bidding war on Matchwornshirt.com.

Bidding started at just £10 on Sunday afternoon but had surpassed £1,000 by Monday night.

Wednesday night saw an intense bidding war between a bidder in the UK and another based in the United Arab Emirates.

The selling price has soared to £24,000 as of Thursday morning, with 12 days of bidding still remaining.

Rangers say the funds from the sale of shirts are used for the development and growth of the club and various different projects.

Shirts usually sell for below £1,000, with the winning bid for Ranger’s skipper James Tavernier’s shirt at £507, while striker Cyriel Dessers’ jersey is sitting at £283.

Cerny has since spoken of the incident, telling Czech outlet Sport that the fallout from the incident has been “absurd”.

He said: “I don’t want to say anything about it. I can’t. The stands are close, I didn’t even know what was happening at that moment. I just ran. It seems a bit absurd to me, it’s a derby.”