Celtic pay tribute to former manager Wim Jansen
The Parkhead side are remembering Jansen after his passing at the age of 75
Last updated 25th Jan 2022
Celtic are paying tribute to former manager Wim Jansen who has died at the age of 75.
He was Hoops boss between 1997 and 1998, winning the Premiership title to prevent Rangers making it a record-breaking 10 in a row.
The former Feyenoord and Holland player also won the League Cup that season when Celtic beat Dundee United 3-0 at Ibrox.
The Dutchman revealed in his autobiography last year that he was living with dementia.
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou paid a fitting tribute as he said: "It's sad news for his family, our football club and all of the organisations he has been involved with.
"Your ultimate ambition is to leave a legacy and he did that in 12 months.
"The impact he had in just one year at this football club was fantastic.
"It keeps everything you've done alive and with Wim that's certainly the case."
A Celtic statement read: "Everyone at Celtic Park was saddened to hear of the sad passing of former manager Wim Jansen this morning at the age of 75.
"Wim, of course, will forever be remembered as the manager who arrived to stop the 10 in season 1997/98 by lifting the championship on the never-to-be-forgotten day of May 9, 1998 when goals from Henrik Larsson and Harald Brattbakk defeated St Johnstone 2-0.
"That came after the Dutchman, who had played against Celtic for Feyenoord in the 1970 European Cup final, had earlier also led the Hoops to League Cup glory by beating Dundee United in that season’s Ibrox final.
"Also forever remembered as the man who delivered Henrik Larsson to the club, it should also be remembered that Wim rebuilt the team that term with other signings such as the aforementioned Brattbakk, Paul Lambert, Marc Rieper, Craig Burley and Jonathan Gould among others, not only stopping the 10, but setting the wheels in motion for continued success at the advent of the following decade.
"All at Celtic Park offer their most sincere thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Wim Jansen at this sad time."