Brendan Rodgers won’t be looking to sign a goalkeeper during the January transfer window.
Joe Hart has barely missed a match since his move from Spurs in August 2021 but turning 37 in April with his contract expiring at the end of the season his situation is one that will have to be addressed at some stage.
Neither Scott Bain or Ben Siegrist have provided any real threat to the former England keeper who has now made over 130 appearances for Celtic.
Discussing Hart and the goalkeeping situation, Brendan Rodgers told the Daily Record:
It’s not something that we’re looking at just now. There are other areas we have to look at first.
There will be positions in the summer we’ll be able to improve on and it’s the same in January but I love working with Joe, he’s a great guy. Hopefully he continues.
We haven’t spoken about it. At that age, I think he’s just happy to be playing. Joe’s family is down south so he has shown incredible commitment to be up here.
A mid season change of goalkeeper would be a risky move for any club to make, with such a specialist position a summer deal and time to settle in seems much more logical.
Celtic have been very well served by goalkeepers in the recent past with Hart almost instantly solving a problem position that had rotated between Vasilis Barkas, Bain and Connor Hazard during the Lockdown season.
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