Scottish Mag 3 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor...ights-1.1049524 Neil Lennon’s hunt for a new goalkeeper has led him to Newcastle United’s Fraser Forster. The 22-year-old shot-stopper – tipped as a future England No.1 – has come highly recommended to the Celtic boss. Lennon has made no secret of the fact he is looking for a new goalie and is now attempting to prise the 6ft 7in Forster away from the newly-promoted Premier League side before the end of the transfer window. SportTimes understands the St James’ Park outfit are extremely reluctant to allow the player to leave either on a permanent basis or even on loan, having previously rebuffed interest from Burnley last month. However, Celtic hope they will relent and allow him to move to the SPL – and the player himself admits he’d rather be farmed out than cooling his heels on the bench. “I want to be out playing first-team games and getting experience, but obviously it’s up to the manager, and I’ve got to respect his decision,” said Forster. “If I go out on loan again, that’ll be brilliant. I just want to play football, especially after last year at Norwich.” Lennon is ready to pull out all the stops to secure his services after receiving glowing reports about the young keeper. Former Celtic star Paul Lambert – a Parkhead team-mate of Lennon’s – worked with Forster last season at Norwich and is a massive fan. Forster recorded a record amount of clean sheets in League One for the Canaries and helped them win the title. But he is likely to start the new season as the third-choice keeper at Newcastle behind Steve Harper and Tim Krul. Celtic tried to land England’s David James last month, but he decided to sign for Bristol City. And a move to tempt Republic of Ireland star Shay Given on loan from Manchester City has so far been rebuffed with Arsenal and Fulham also in the hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Man 0 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Let him be going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Here we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 8 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 On loan very good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 On loan very good deal. This. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Man 0 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Yeah, I meant on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 He should go. Get some Europa League experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 12938 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Celtic have made their 10th signing of the summer transfer window, landing Fraser Forster on a season long loan. The Newcastle United keeper will be paraded at a press conference on Tuesday, having agreed his move on Monday night. Forster will now compete with Lukasz Zaluska for the number one jersey at Parkhead. Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been searching for a new goalkeeper since Artur Boruc left the club to join Fiorentina. The 22-year old has not yet made his first-team debut for Newcastle but is very highly rated by the coaching staff. During his time at St James Park, the young keeper has worked under Celtic first team coach Alan Thompson, who coached the reserves at Newcastle before moving to Glasgow this year. Forster has also impressed on loan spells at Stockport County and Bristol Rovers and spent last season at Norwich City, where he was first choice between the sticks as the Canaries romped to the League One title. The 6ft 7in keeper was Celtic’s guest at their SPL match on Sunday as Lennon’s side thumped St Mirren 4-0 and, following the match, the manager confirmed Forster would be joining the club. "He's a big boy, he's come highly recommended, I've watched him myself a couple of times,” Lennon said. "His age, 22, is the only thing going against him because otherwise he's got all the qualities you look for in a goalkeeper. "He's got a massive presence and he's come highly recommended from people in the game whose opinion I trust, so if the medical goes okay, we'll take him on board. "We've needed competition in that area so he'll add to that." Will ne good for him if he got some Europa League experience in the knock-out stages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5147 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 I might start watching the celtic games on ESPN now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 If he's in the Europa league, he'll be playing at a higher level than we currently are... Be good for him though. Harper was gash on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Man 0 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hopefully Krul gets a chance for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan113 0 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Be interesting to see if they start him over Zaluska though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 Was going to say, I don't think he'll be first choice, reading between the lines of what Lennon said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lackie92 1 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 He's not been signed as competition. He's been signed for depth. Purely back-up for Zaluska. If you do watch Celtic games, you won't be seeing a lot of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Lazaru 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 If nobody else was seriously in for him then fair enough, but otherwise we should have sent him somewhere he'd be no.1 we need him playign regularly to see what he can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tuco Ramirez Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 He's not been signed as competition. He's been signed for depth. Purely back-up for Zaluska. If you do watch Celtic games, you won't be seeing a lot of him. Zaluska's shite according to a lot of Celtic fans, and even then he's better than the other keeper Cervi. If Zaluska was that good it's surprising they never gave him the number 1 jersey, given the fact that the numbers were put in after Boruc left. I'd be amazed if Forster plays less than 25 league games for Celtic. It's mental though, Harper is probably the worst of our three keepers yet, he'll be number 1 this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Anyone actually think that hughton would make forster our number one next year? I mean he is gonna have far more 1st team experience than krul when harper finally leaves next year hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5147 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Its crazy if he is going there to be number 2. He could have gone back to Norwich and played a full season at championship level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Hughton said on Radio Newcastle that he expects Forster to play a lot up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano 0 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Living in glasgow and workin with alot of tims the feelin is they expect him to play alot and are very excited at his signing. I just hope he doesnt leave permanently as potentially he could be a tremendous keeper for us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tuco Ramirez Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Its crazy if he is going there to be number 2. He could have gone back to Norwich and played a full season at championship level. He won't be number 2, absolutely nailed on. Couldn't even tell you what Lackey is basing it on. The comments from Lennon said we need the keepers position to be competitive nothing to do with coming as back up. Ridiculous to think the club or the keeper would agree to that loan on the basis he'd be on the bench regular. He played 46 games last year and won a championship medal, can't see Zaluska keeping him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13915 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Clicky He's obviously got a reputation already - out of all the auctioned poppy shirts his is currently the highest. Saying that the target audience is hardly ideal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 5147 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 celtic forum Some promising comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Good stuff, they seem confident of getting him full time. Can't see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Good stuff, they seem confident of getting him full time. Can't see it. Agreed that wont happen, it's the same as the Krul loan the other season was just getting him experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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