Fraser Forster: Celtic confirm loan deal for goalkeeper
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Celtic have confirmed the return of goalkeeper Fraser Forster on a season-long loan deal - five years after selling him to Southampton for £10m.
Forster, who was at Celtic Park to watch Thursday's Europa League play-off with AIK, will compete for a place with Scott Bain and Craig Gordon.
The 31-year-old won three league titles and two Scottish Cups in a four-year spell under Neil Lennon.
"Fraser was available, he's knows the club, we know him," boss Lennon said.
"He had a wonderful time here the first time and he's still at his peak."
Forster spent two seasons on loan at Parkhead before joining on a permanent deal for £2m from Newcastle United in 2012. He made 197 appearances, as well as winning the first of his six England caps.
He has three years left on his Southampton contract but has played just once for the Premier League club since December 2017 and dropped to third choice behind Angus Gunn and Alex McCarthy.
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If he can recapture that sort of form, this will be a brilliant signing for Celtic. Welcome back Fraser.
Glasgow 1994? I’m lost mate Celtic were saved during them awful times I have to admit. 2 different vat numbers for rangers while Celtic still using same one! Celtic also never changed names so still same club. So disappointed on these rangers fans, it’s true what they say ya don’t argue with a fool
I don’t care what team you support but grow up the lot of you getting idiotic digs into the other side. Did your mothers never teach you “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say it at all”?
Absolute keyboard degenerates!
The ‘lawyer’ banter is ironic (if only Sevco did irony?!?)
Mr King has a season ticket for every court in the land. Club 2012 has already burnt through the ST money and running at 500k£ a month loss...
... and then there’s Big Mikes compo to be paid!
Stones and big (glass) hooses an awrat!
Butter fingers? Can you do better? You must be a very disappointed rangers international fan? Did you support Glasgow rangers when they existed? Most of you Glasgow rangers fans now support that rangers international team? Is that because yas were both blue?
Welcome back big man.
Pukki also didn’t make the Celtic team and now he is top scorer in the epl spoilt brat league.
Yeh like the "Bears" who wondered what was happening at the "Big Hoos" when Craig Whyte was stripping assets. So many fat "Bears" bawlin their eyes out about their beloved "Teddy Bears"
How the rest of Scotland laughed....
@124 hun stroke 😂 😂 😂 quality 👍
Mon the Hoops (and Legia) HH
That was rangers INTERNATIONAL first ever cup final