THE PLAYERS LOUNGE
STILIYAN PETROV
CHRIS HUGHTON
SUNDAY OLISEH
TONY DORIGO
How did your 1999 move from CSKA Sofia to Celtic, when you were 20, come about?
At the end of the season with CSKA, I played really well in an international match against England which we [Bulgaria] drew 1-1. Celtic enquired about me and the negotiations went very quickly. My phone wasn’t working, so the club couldn’t find me – they had to call friends and send a driver to pick me up. People were rushing about, because it was a big fee for the club [around £2.8 million], but I wanted to wait until I’d finished my holiday.
