One of the many reasons why Celtic bombed last season was a lack of stability between the sticks.
The Hoops failed to re-sign Fraser Forster last summer and instead wound up paying over £4 million for Greek goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas.
And considering the former AEK Athens stopper managed only 15 Premiership appearances last term, you could say it wasn’t a brilliant first season at Celtic.
Under Ange Postecoglou, the Bhoys will be looking to win their Premiership title back off Rangers – who won the thing by 25 points – but in order to do that, stability in net is essential.
According to talkSPORT, former Arsenal loanee Mat Ryan is a candidate and the Australia international himself – who played under Postecoglou for the national side – has perhaps dropped a bit of a hint.
Asked on Fox Sports whether Ryan – also linked with Real Sociedad – preferred Spanish dish paella or haggis, he said: “Haggis every day of the week.”
Here’s how some Celtic fans reacted to the Aussie’s quotes on Twitter:
Still only 29, this would be a cracking deal for Celtic.
There’s a lot of Arsenal fans who wanted to see the former Seagull – who earned £35,000 per week in North London – stay at the Emirates Stadium.
He didn’t look a bad back-up option for Bernd Leno at all and was already comfortably ahead of Alex Runarsson in Mikel Arteta’s pecking order.
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