Lubomir Moravcik
Oh, that we had seen him, that we had signed him, in his prime, there is an entire generation of Celtic fans who would simply not talk about anyone else. Had he spent as long at our club as the King of Kings did, it might have been Lubo who was voted in as our best ever foreign player.
He was that good. He was that skillful.
He had everything.
Naka was the closest we ever came to a player of his quality and invention.
For opening up a defence and getting in behind them there have been few players in our history who were his equal. Like Naka he did it against anyone and everyone. He scored goals in Europe, he did it at Ibrox on a massive day when he tore their defence apart.
He scored twice on his debut against them at home, in one of the best all-round displays you could ever have hoped to see.
His natural talent was out of this world. Like Maloney and Naka he was a scorer and creator, and like both of them he was also a fantastic dead-ball player.
One of my finest memories of him was a free kick he scored against Motherwell; Goram was in goal for them that night and he stopped everything, and I mean everything. Then with just minutes left we got a free kick and up he stepped.
The screamer would have beat three keepers. Goram went nuts, launching the ball up the park in petulant frustration and to cap it Billy Davies, who was their manager, went nuts on the touchline.
And to think he was the signing who drew such mockery from the media.
What a player he turned out to be.
Here are all of his Celtic goals. What a treat to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbg_oqjsX8
