Signed From: Livingston Fee: £1 million Inevitably, Celtic have a mixed history of picking up the best talent from lesser teams in the SPL. Occasionally other clubs' fans will suggest skulduggery; that the club are doing more than weakening their potential opponents to preserve their status in the league, and sometimes you have to think there might be something in those claims. Spanish star David Fernandez had initially come to Scotland to play for Steve Archibald's Airdrie, but then moved to Livingston when he failed to buy the club and the foreign players all left. He became their star man, almost effortlessly, and helped fire the team to third in the league, catching the attention of Martin O'Neill. Despite paying a million for him, O'Neill restricted Fernandez, who could have stayed at Livingston and become a legend, to just 11 league starts in 3 years, including a year long stint back at Livi, where his style was far more suited.
