hesselink speaks about leaving celtic

An avowed ?romantic?, Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink talks for the first time about leaving Celtic - Herald Scotland | Sport | More Scottish Football

a decent read! liked the big guy

 

Always seemed like a decent guy but i thought it was his time to leave

Best of luck Jan

 

totally agree,scored some wonderful goals and won us a lot of games,top guy

 

He had nice things to say about Celtic but his time was up so good luck to the big guy for the rest of his career .

 

always liked him.

it is a shame the way quite a lot of players leave us just quietly. like thompson and sutton etc

 

Jan was never given his due credit while here. He was a rock for us and one of the most passionate players i've seen

Always thought he was underrated at country level too. He scored a lot for holland in euro qualifiers and was then benched for the euro championships in 2008.

44 goals in 108 appearances is a * of a decent scoring record especially with the injuries he faced.

 

Cheers for the link mate

 

Completely agree mate, scored some crucial goals for us and loved the club which is great to see

 

welcome

 

thats actually superb tbh. never knew he scored that much.

 

It's too bad he got injured, things probably would have been very different otherwise. Good luck to him at Hull.

 

Big Jan gave me my favorite commentating moment of all time , i'v head it so many times
"McDonald . VENNEGOOR OF HESSELINK!!!" celtic go 2-1 up
"Jan vennegoor of hesselink answers celtics SOS , save our season! They are STILL. IN .THE. TITEL. RACE"

I know , im a sad guy

 

he done us a turn and scored some crucial goals....in many ways he was a better link up man for skippy than a prolific striker. but it was a shame that his last season he looked like he'd lost a lot of mobility due to fitness issues. i for one will remember him fondly.

 

Think the injuries took their toll on him at the end up.

Met him in Milan airport and he was a cracking big guy, stood and had a chat and posed for pictures.

 

Hardly man. I absolutely love hearing those words on the 3IAR DVD, class!

 

Great big player he was loved it when he scored against ran*ers on the 90th min at celtic park with his header

 

" Yet, if Vennegoor of Hesselink could offer one piece of advice to Mowbray, who is likely to field an entire team of non-Scots against Falkirk today, it would be to retain an indigenous element in his long-term vision. “The Scottish boys like Mick [Stephen McManus] and Gary [Caldwell] helped me immensely when I joined Celtic,” he said. “They transferred the passion to me. You need home-grown players in every team.

“When I first arrived at Celtic, I thought I understood the tradition of the club, but I didn’t. The Scottish boys helped me. I had to learn and I was soon addicted to Celtic. I started to understand the culture and in time it became like an infection. It’s still with me. Regardless of your nationality, Celtic never leaves you." "

Are you reading this Tony?

Always liked the big man, unfortunate about his injuries in his last season, he never got back to his best.

 

That header that night was one of my best moments as a Celtic fan. Jan the man.

 

Liked the big guy as well awsome name and always stood up to them rangers b****** but his time was across the road but always will have a place in a celtic shirt

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the day i fell i love with the man was before a game he was standing in the tunnel with the mascots all the other players were talking amongst themselves but big jan stood and spoke to the mascots imagine how you would feel at that age talking to one of your "heroes" i had alot of respect for the man after that day