Poll: Which club legend should next be given a statue at Celtic Park?

As it stands there are currently four statues in the vicinity of Celtic Park which celebrate four men that are legends at the club.

The statues are of: the founder of the club Brother Walfrid, legendary Hoops manager Jock Stein, and iconic players Jimmy Johnstone and Billy McNeill.

If it wasn’t for Brother Walfrid there wouldn’t be a Celtic Football Club, whilst Stein, Johnstone and McNeill’s accomplishments are second to none in the club’s history, so each man is well deserving of the tribute.

As it stands there seems to be no plans for the Hoops to erect any more statues outside the stadium, but if that changed, who associated with the club would be deserving of the honour? There are a few candidates.

If players from more recent times are to be given the honour of a statue, one candidate has to be Henrik Larsson, who is probably Celtic’s best player of the last 30 years.

He is more than worthy of a statue outside Celtic Park, and you have to think that eventually he will be given some kind of honour outside the stadium.

Another Celtic figure that some may well feel deserves to be given a statue is Tommy Burns. A real fan favourite, Burns had many roles at Celtic, player, manager, coach, head of youth development, and he served Celtic with distinction for many years.

As such a popular figure with Celtic fans, any news of a statue for Burns would be warmly welcomed by the Hoops support.

Perhaps another Celtic great that could be honoured with a statue is former manager Martin O’Neill. O’Neill took Celtic into a new era of success that is still continuing over 20 years later, and gave the Hoops respectability both at home and in Europe. 

He also got the best out of the aforementioned Henrik Larsson, who took his game to a