Charity matches can throw up some unlikely crossovers.
Over the years, we have seen the likes of John Terry, Dimitar Berbatov and Louis Tomlinson in Celtic colours for a variety of causes.
Brendan Rodgers even got to use Henrik Larsson up top with Moussa Dembele in 2018, during Scott Brown’s testimonial.
But it’s far from the most unlikely link-up the Swede has had. Larsson has made a host of appearances at exhibition matches since 2010.
And in the Legends Charity Game in Lisbon, the King of Kings was substituted for a superstar of sport – but not from the beautiful game.
Watch Henrik Larsson be substituted for Oleksandr Usyk
Larsson was golfing with Charlie Mulgrew last week, reflecting on his years at Celtic in an interview for Mulgrew’s YouTube channel.
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Oleksandr Usyk, on the other hand, is recovering from a back injury which delayed his mandatory title defence against Joseph Parker, having been granted a 90-day extension last week.
The Legends Charity Game pitches a team of Portugal Legends against World Legends at Sporting CP’s Jose Alvalade Stadium.
And here is the moment when Larsson made way for the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion.
Kaka, Carles Puyol and Michael Owen were among the other members of the World Eleven.
The game finished 4-1 to the Portugal side, with Luis Figo and Pepe among their scorers. Home advantage clearly proved decisive.
Henrik Larsson on rejecting Man Utd to stay at Celtic
Speaking to Mulgrew, Larsson opened up on transfer interest from United after the treble-winning season of 2001, when he racked up 53 goals in 50 appearances.
He said on the Pitch to Par YouTube channel “Yeah, they (United) were interested early. I think it was the end of the 90s, early 2000s, I can’t remember. But I was just settling in, I was happy at Celtic.
“Jordan (Henrik’s son) was not too old. I wanted to stay because I felt that I was happy in Scotland. I was happy in Glasgow. The family was happy and I felt that I knew what I had at Celtic.
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“And I also had three-and-a-half years in Holland where it was like, the football was going up and down, up and down, playing then not playing, sitting in the stands.
“And I say it again, it wasn’t that I was afraid of it (leaving), but I felt what I had at Celtic, I wanted to continue having that by playing. I was playing in the Euros, I was playing in the Swedish national team.
“So for me just to go somewhere just to earn a little bit more, that wasn’t an option at the time because the family was settled in Bothwell. So I felt that I’m going to stay here and then I didn’t know that, in the end, I would stay for seven years.”
He eventually swapped Glasgow for Barcelona in 2004, and became a European champion in Paris two years later.
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