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Martin O’Neill shares what Henrik Larsson privately admitted to him about Celtic and Barcelona
Martin O’Neill and Henrik Larsson are two of the biggest Celtic legends of the modern-day era.
Between them both, they helped Celtic through one of the most successful domestic and European periods of their history since the Lisbon Lions.
Winning the first treble in 2001 since the Jock Stein era, O’Neill and Larsson helped end Rangers’ domination of Scottish football to kickstart what we are currently witnessing to this present day.
But there was one trophy that both of these living legends couldn’t get their hands on and it is one that still haunts them to this day. The 2003 UEFA Cup.
Getting to their first major European Final since 1970, Celtic went to Seville that year with great hope that they could lift the UEFA Cup.
With Chris Sutton, Paul Lambert, Neil Lennon and, of course, Larsson in the team, that Celtic side had taken on the might of Liverpool, Blackburn and Stuttgart to get to that final.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t do enough to get past Jose Mourinho’s Porto and despite Larsson bagging a double, Celtic lost the final 3-2 in extra time.
It was a painful end to one of the best memories as a Celtic fan that I can remember and O’Neill has just shared what Larsson would have been willing to sacrifice if it meant that Celtic had won the UEFA Cup in 2003.
O’Neill said [], “It was not that long ago that I was speaking to Henrik Larsson and Henrik’s won the Champions League with Barcelona.
“He made a big impact in the game, come on and I was there at the match cheering him on and he said he would have given that up to have won the UEFA Cup with us at Celtic.
“That’s massive.”
That just shows you how much Larsson still holds Celtic dear to his heart. The fact that he would give up the biggest prize in club football to be successful in Europe in the green and white hoops speaks volumes of the player.
It’s why the Celtic fans love him still to this day.
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