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Lennon hopes for another record

August 17th, 2011 | 6 Comments |

Celtic reach an agreement to take Newcastle United keeper Fraser Forster.
Scotland bound
Celtic reach an agreement to take Newcastle United keeper Fraser Forster and Toon wannabe Maiga speaks up about his omission from Sochaux’s European squad.

Celtic claim to have reached an agreement to take Fraser Forster off our hands. Apparently it’s along the lines of a season-long loan with some sort of option to buy the player after that.

Celtic manager Niel Lennon said:

“A deal has been agreed. There are a few little snags to overcome but we hope to have him registered in time for tomorrow night.

“If that is the eventuality of things, we would be absolutely delighted. He has been the main target since the end of last season.

“We did put a bid in but it was knocked back but we worked hard in the background to try to bring him in so I’m very, very pleased.”

Forster was loaned to Celtic last season and broke the club’s clean sheets record while he was there and was also quite good in goal. Forster had previously expressed a desire to return to Celtic this season although Alan Pardew was keen to see how he measured up against Krul and Harper between the sticks during pre-season before letting him go. (more…)