Henrik Larsson’s name is always likely to be synonymous with Celtic’s history, given that he scored 243 goals for the club in his seven years at Parkhead between 1997 and 2004, including 53 in one season in 2000/01, and was nicknamed the ‘King of Kings‘ during his time in Glasgow.
The ex-Sweden striker further cemented his hero status among many Hoops fans who took to social media to laud comments he made this week about his time at the club. In an interview with Sky Sports, he said that he may well have had the chance to sign for an English Premier League club during his Celtic days and earn a higher wage but saw no reason to leave Glasgow, where he was quite happy.
He said: “There probably was [interest] but I never got any information. I was never bothered about that because I was happy at Celtic.” He added: “I was in a happy place. I was earning good money, it was a great contract that I had. So, to move down south for a few more pounds a week, it wasn’t interesting for me because I knew what we had at Celtic.” [Sky Sports Football on YouTube, via Daily Record]
Larsson would eventually play in the Premier League for Manchester United in 2007, three years after he left Parkhead to sign for Barcelona, for whom he scored against Celtic in Glasgow in a Champions League clash.
These Hoops fans took to Twitter to laud the 48-year-old after his recent comments:
https://twitter.com/Stephen_678898/status/1232698755721375745
https://twitter.com/celtic_now/status/1232650029623586817
🗣 Larsson: "I was never bothered about leaving because I was happy at Celtic…To move down south for a few more pounds a week, it wasn't interesting for me because I knew what we had at Celtic."
If only more people had this same mentality 🐀
— 🍀 Celtic1967.com 🍀 (@Celtic1967_com) February 26, 2020
Larsson is a one off and a credit to the club and game. Xx
— Marian Mallon (@MarianMallon) February 26, 2020
Money cant buy you everything. #legend
— pete. (@petejohnston3) February 26, 2020
GOAT
— Paul Dempsey (@theonionmaker) February 26, 2020
King of kings ❤️
— Jay (@jamieparsons76) February 26, 2020
Celtic fans, what did you make of Larsson saying that he was happy to stay with the club rather than move to the Premier League? Comment below with your views!
