{"id":174641,"date":"2025-10-02T07:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174641\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:18:11","slug":"what-mikael-lustig-really-thinks-about-his-iconic-atomic-kitten-celtic-chant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/174641\/","title":{"rendered":"What Mikael Lustig really thinks about his iconic Atomic Kitten Celtic chant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Celtic players come and go, but the best player chants are remembered forever.<\/p>\n<p>The Hoops fans\u2019 songbook honours players beyond just the current squad under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/brendan-rodgers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Rodgers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/henrik-larsson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Henrik Larsson,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/artur-boruc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artur Boruc<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/tommy-burns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tommy Burns<\/a> are among those whose name you may hear at any given Celtic away fixture.<\/p>\n<p>One tune which took the Hoops support by storm (and ended up being picked up by England fans at the World Cup) was for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/mikael-lustig\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mikael Lustig,<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cLustig you\u2019re the one\u201d version of Atomic Kitten\u2019s Whole Again became iconic, and helped cement the Swede as one of the fan favourites of his era. He has now offered his thoughts on it.<\/p>\n<p>Mikael Lustig lifts lid on his iconic Celtic chant <\/p>\n<p>Celtic fans debuted the song at an away game against Ross County.<\/p>\n<p>It was some month for the defender \u2013 scoring a brace against Hibernian at Hampden, knocking out Italy to qualify Sweden for the World Cup and finally getting his own chant to the tune of an Atomic Kitten song.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:\u00a0Should Brendan Rodgers drop Daizen Maeda vs Braga?<\/p>\n<p>It remained a regular in the songbook until Lustig departed the club the following summer. It was nabbed by England fans at the World Cup in Russia in honour of Gareth Southgate, but the Swede knows that it\u2019s his.<\/p>\n<p>Lustig made that clear when speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celticway.co.uk\/interviews\/25506929.mikael-lustig-explains-celtic-years-one-long-highlight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Celtic Way,<\/a> saying: \u201cThat Atomic Kitten song, I can\u2019t listen to it without thinking of me!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople say we stole it from England, who sang it about their former head coach, Gareth Southgate, but we did it in 2017. They copied us in 2018! That\u2019s my song now, sorry Gareth!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least he\u2019s polite enough to apologise to Southgate \u2013 very gracious given that the tune was blatantly stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Lustig made 273 appearances for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic,<\/a> winning over 16 trophies. Not bad for a free transfer. The chant may still be his biggest honour, though.<\/p>\n<p>Mikael Lustig, Henrik Larsson and Celtic\u2019s Swedish connection<\/p>\n<p>The Hoops have a special relationship with the nation of Sweden \u2013 mainly down to Lustig as well as Larsson, who established himself as the club\u2019s greatest ever foreign player with 242 goals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/johan-mjallby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Johan Mjallby<\/a> also firmly made his mark in Glasgow, making over 170 appearances for the Celts across six seasons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/carl-starfelt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Starfelt<\/a> was the most recent Swede to make an impact at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/club\/stadium\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celtic Park<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/benjamin-nygren\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Nygren<\/a> is currently trying to do the same. Daniel Majstorovic, Magnus Hedman and John Guidetti have also contributed to the Hoops.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.67hailhail.com\/tag\/europa-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Europa League<\/a> tie against Braga will see Gustaf Lagerbielke make his return to Parkhead \u2013 he will be hoping to prove that he deserved more opportunities from Rodgers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celtic players come and go, but the best player chants are remembered forever. 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