Johan Mjallby has revealed he was once welcomed by Henrik Larsson to Celtic by explaining to him the Old Firm clubs are like 'two great white sharks fighting in a goldfish bowl’.
Mjallby spent six successful years at Celtic and later went on to be an assistant manager at the club for another four years until he left nine years ago. He was persuaded to join Celtic in 1998 – just one year after countryman and future Hoops icon Larsson moved to Glasgow too.
And Mjallby, who later went on to manage Swedish teams Vasteras and Gefle, recalled the shock he got when he first experienced the Old Firm and how he still feels it today. He said: "I was used to the city rivalry in Stockholm between my club AIK and Djurgarden and Hammarby, but this was something completely different when I signed for Celtic. Henrik persuaded me to sign and explained the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers.
