Ka taƙaita labarin:  Kungiyar Celtic ta sanar da cewa za ta kafa wani mutum-mutumin tagulla na Billy McNeill don nuna nasarorin da kyaftin din ya samu. Za'a sanya mutum-mutumin a kan hanyar Celtic Way da aka buɗe kwanan nan kuma zai wakilci mutumin da yake daidai da kulob din kuma wani wanda ya wakilce su da bambanci na gaskiya a matsayin dan wasa da manajan. A matsayinsa na dan wasa, McNeill ya lashe gasar zakarun Turai tara a jere, kofuna bakwai na Scotland, kofuna shida na League kuma, ba shakka, shi ne kyaftin din kungiyar Ingila na farko da ya dauke Kofin Turai a shekarar 1967. Dan wasan Celtic Billy McNeill ya dauki hoto tare da gasar cin kofin Turai don tunawa da shahararren nasarar kungiyar a shekarar 1967. An kira shi dan wasan kwallon kafa na Scottish na shekara a kakar wasa ta 1964-65, wanda ya fara lashe kyautar. A matsayinsa na mai horarwa, McNeill ya ba da taken gasar zakarun Turai guda hudu, kofunan Scotland guda uku kuma ya ɗaga Kofin League sau ɗaya. A matsayinsa na dan wasa da kuma koci, ya ji dadin shekaru 27 tare da kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Celtic. Daidai, aikin mutum-mutumin za a yi shi da John McKenna, mai sassaka wanda kwanan nan ya kammala mutum-mutumin Jock Stein wanda yake zaune a ƙofar Celtic Park. Za a fara aiki a kan mutum-mutumi na McNeill nan da nan kuma ana fatan cewa za a kammala aikin a Celtic Park a ƙarshen wannan shekarar, a kusa da kaka. McNeill (dama) yana da harbi da dan wasan Leeds United Paul Madeley (hagu) ya katange Shugaban zartarwa na Celtic Peter Lawwell ya ce: 'Yin girma a cikin shekarun 1960 da 1970 a matsayin mai goyon bayan Celtic, Billy McNeill ya kasance abin wahayi a gare ni kuma wani mutum ne mai girma a cikin wasan, ba kawai a filin ba har ma da shi, a matsayin dan siyasa, jagora da kuma abin da ya dace ga babban kulob dinmu. 'Abubuwan da ya samu a Celtic sun kasance masu ban mamaki kuma a tsawon shekaru 27 ya ba da yawa ga kulob din. 'Abin farin ciki ne yanzu na san Billy, kuma na ɗauke shi a matsayin aboki. Shi mutum ne wanda ke ba da umarnin girmamawa ga kowa a duk faɗin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa. 'Muna farin ciki da samun Billy a matsayin jakadanmu a kulob din amma kwamitin ya ji da baki daya cewa shi...
Tsohon gwarzon Celtic Billy McNeill za a girmama shi da mutum-mutumi ta kulob din. A matsayinsa na dan wasa da kuma manaja, ya ji daɗin haɗin gwiwa mai nasara na shekaru 27 tare da kayan aikin Parkhead. Ya lashe gasar zakarun Turai tara a jere a matsayin dan wasa tsakanin 1965 da 1974. A shekarar 1967, ya zama kyaftin din Birtaniya na farko da ya dauki kofin zakarun Turai. A matsayinsa na mai horarwa, ya ba da ƙarin gasar zakarun Turai huɗu zuwa Celtic.