Pure class.
Jay Beatty has moved on from just Celtic super fan. He’s even moved on from Goal of the Month winner.
Celtic's @charlie_mulgrew presented the award to Wee Jay (NM) pic.twitter.com/g6IQvuJFLH
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) March 1, 2015
The Armagh native is now a fully-fledged ambassador of the Celtic FC Foundation so, not that he wouldn’t have been there anyway, going to Dublin for the Celtic-Barca match was simply an obligation.
But, whilst he was in town, he was treated to a visit from some of football’s biggest ever names.
The Barcelona account posted pictures of Wee Jay with Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi as well as club boss Luis Enrique before they took for Lansdowne Road.
The team received a visit from Jay Beatty, Ambassador of the Celtic FC Foundation. @FoundationCFC pic.twitter.com/bYPdc4Nvht
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 30, 2016
The Catalan giants travelled to the Irish capital on Saturday to get their new season up and running and they didn’t hold back with the names they brought for the occasion.
⏳ The Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Here is where the 2016/17 campaign begins! #FCBLive #ICC2016 pic.twitter.com/p8Jhg4kM13
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 30, 2016
Their training though wasn’t exactly rigorous…
📽 🔝 😂 😂 😂 https://t.co/3Da0D9wEP4
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) July 29, 2016
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