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title: "Celtic: Fans discuss how good a player Andrea Pirlo was"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-fans-discuss-how-good-a-player-andrea-pirlo-was/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Luke Seychell"
section: "SPFL News"
published: "2020-04-22T16:15:32Z"
modified: "2020-04-22T16:15:32Z"
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# Celtic: Fans discuss how good a player Andrea Pirlo was

**Celtic have posted an article on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1252593613533577217?s=20) which looks back at football greats who have played against the club at Celtic Park, and many fans have a lot of appreciation for the player they are currently discussing, Andrea Pirlo.**

The Italian maestro has played multiple times against the Celts whilst playing for AC Milan and Juventus, with both coming up against the Scottish side in the Champions League, via [Celtic FC](https://www.celticfc.net/news/17960).

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One of those appearances was when he battled it out against the side in 2007 but the game remained 0-0 at the end of the first leg, with AC Milan winning the return fixture 3-1 and eventually going on to win the competition that campaign, via [UEFA.com](https://www.uefa.com/).

Fans of the Hoops seem the appreciate the quality the World Cup winning playmaker had, per [Transfermarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/andrea-pirlo/profil/spieler/5817), as they praised the centre midfielder following the tweet, and it seems like Pirlo also had great respect for the club as the site have a quote from him which said: “Celtic belong in the Champions League. It is not just the quality of player they have but everything they represent as a club. Their history, their fans, the stadium – it’s clubs like this that make the Champions League great.”, via [Celtic FC](https://www.celticfc.net/news/17960).

Here is what fans said following the post:

https://twitter.com/CelticFC/status/1252593613533577217?s=20

> Pirlo at the Parlour Bar – New York [@nyceltic](https://twitter.com/nyceltic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@THendry88](https://twitter.com/THendry88?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> “Majestic Footballer” [pic.twitter.com/JlgYgTiiZa](https://t.co/JlgYgTiiZa)
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> — John McLauchlan (@Coreybhoy2) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/Coreybhoy2/status/1252616952146731012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> He was good enough to play for Celtic
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> — Alex Anderson (@AlexAnd43927032) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/AlexAnd43927032/status/1252606249331568640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Me and [@Pirlo\_official](https://twitter.com/Pirlo_official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in New York 2017. Tried converting him to a hoops fan 🍀…thanks [@CelticFC](https://twitter.com/CelticFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for the excuse to get this picture out 😂 [pic.twitter.com/KwV2buTQDd](https://t.co/KwV2buTQDd)
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> — Danny O’Hare (@dannyohare67) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/dannyohare67/status/1252652102746243074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> No Pirlo no party
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> — Pat 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@ButtonFC67) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/ButtonFC67/status/1252594448975921161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> One of the very best players of his generation, absolute class 👍⚽
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> — Jim Millar (@JimMillar12) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/JimMillar12/status/1252682642094465024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Superb player.
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> — paul dunnigan (@paulandaid) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/paulandaid/status/1252605378422071300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Celtic fans, do you wish you could have seen Pirlo play for the club? Comment below!***