IT looks a lot like an away shirt he wore when he was in his Old Trafford heyday.
But Brian McClair has a very different look since he wore it and stepped back from football.
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The former Celtic and Motherwell striker bagged two goals in his last five games for Scotland and later had a short spell as SFA performance director.
But it’s his long association with Manchester United that ‘Choccy’ is best known for as a key man for Sir Alex Ferguson.
He starred 458 times under the legendary boss at Old Trafford – and scored 118 goals.
It was a high profile role – but McClair keeps a lower profile now, with a much changed appearance from his playing prime.
That said – his love for the game, and for the team was still evident when he dropped by The Barras and grabbed a retro style Manchester United shirt.
McClair, who has now grown his hair and sported a long grey beard since lockdown to ‘annoy his MUM‘ posed happily on a return to Glasgow.
And just a mile and a half away from where he had a stunning spell up front for the Hoops.
He scored 126 goals for Celtic in 206 games between his debut in 1983 and heading south in 1987.
Nowadays he’s involved with a self-titled podcast called ‘Life With Brian’ but football’s still close to his heart judging by his guests on his show and by the social media image at retro sportswear and fashion unit Zico.
Tagging the former Celtic and Motherwell the shop’s Facebook account wrote: “Great fun catching up with former Celtic and Manchester United legend Brian McClair again today at The Barras, seen here with the #newton heath shirt by @footballtownofficial.”
The half green half yellow top bears a small devil silhouette on the chest – a nod to United’s nickname ‘The Red Devils‘.
The colours were used by United’s predecessors Newton Heath before they moved to become Manchester United and changed their colours to red and white used by the English giants now.
However green and yellow are often used as alternate tops – and was worn as an away top between 1992 and 1994 at the start of the Premier League.
The historic colours were also adopted by fans in protest against the Glazer family‘s ownership of the club.
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