George Best will feature on new £5 bank notes being issued in Northern Ireland next month to mark the first anniversary of his death.
Ulster Bank said today it would issue the limited edition note a year after the celebrated Northern Irishman and Manchester United star died from multiple organ failure.
Best will feature on the notes in his Northern Ireland and Manchester United strips.
'At the outset of this project we wanted to ensure that, in celebrating the life of this legendary footballer, we paid fitting tribute to his contribution to football in Northern Ireland and beyond,' Ulster Bank chief executive Cormac McCarthy said.
'By selecting the most affordable note denomination, five pounds, we have tried to make the notes as widely accessible as possible.'
Best, who underwent a liver transplant in 2002, died on 25 November 2005, at the age of 59 after a lifetime of heavy drinking.
