Lubomir Moravcik: Last News

Aston Villa manager Jozef Venglos has died aged 84.The Slovak managed Celtic in season 1998-99 and famously brought Lubomir Moravcik to the club for just £350,000.His best moment in charge of the Hoops was in leading them to a 5-1 victory over Rangers at Parkhead when doubles from Henrik Larsson and Moravcik put Dick Advocaat's team to the sword.The Ibrox team were to get their own back by winning the treble and Venglos would make way for John Barnes and Kenny Dalglish's much vaunted 'Dream Team'.Celtic moved to pay their respects to their former boss with a social media tribute.A post on Twitter read: "Everyone at the club is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Celtic manager Jozef Vengloš."Our thoughts and prayers are with

Martin O’Neill was the only reason he enjoyed a fairytale ending to his career.Moravcik won a first-ever league medal under the Irishman. He got the opportunity to finally star in the group stages of the Champions League in a memorable and magnificent swansong which lasted two glorious seasons.But none of that looked likely when O’Neill walked in the door at Celtic in the summer of 2000.The former Leicester manager was signing the likes of Chris Sutton, he had Henrik Larsson coming back from injury and, quite simply, he didn’t feel the fans’ favourite had a part to play in his revolution.Moravcik knew it.