It’s a question with limitless answers- pick a Celtic XI made up of players from eleven different countries.
The best of selections are always likely to spark debate, which players would get into the Lisbon Lions? Who makes up the best Celtic XI since the war? Since Lisbon? Since 2000?
Obviously the Swedish entrant is well known but there are plenty of options elsewhere with the Scottish and English choices particularly difficult.
Who tells Chris Sutton and Paul McStay that they haven’t made the cut?
Until the nineties foreign players were fairly rare, Johannes Edvaldsson was about the only player to come from outside the British Isles.
Poles and Swedes have been prominent with players from almost every country in Europe representing Celtic at one time or another.
In recent times the Celtic team has had a real universal flavour with players recruited worldwide.
Strangely Celtic haven’t had any American players although there were a few near misses in the early nineties when John Harkes and Brad Friedel arrived on trial.
The Isle of Man is perhaps the smallest ‘country’ to have provided Celtic with a player- as things stand that player could go on to be one of the most celebrated in the club’s history.