Sixteen days after his well publicised final appearance Celtic have tweeted about Joe Hart’s retirement.

It seems a curious tweet, before and after his final Celtic Park appearance and then the Scottish Cup Final there was plenty of focus on the retirement of the former England keeper.

Hart has made a number of posts on Instagram thanking the Celtic support for the backing he has to give his eventful career a finale that included seven domestic medals and two Champions League campaigns.

Joe, Joe, Super Joe! 🎶

🍀 153 #CelticFC appearances
🏆🏆🏆 3 League titles
🏆🏆 2 Scottish Cups
🏆🏆 2 League Cups

Thank you, Joe 💚

Best of luck in your retirement! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/YbjOxyxLfl

— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) June 10, 2024

After the double celebrations there hasn’t been much content coming out of Celtic although having four players at the European Championships will be well covered.

Signing Hart’s replacement is the issue that fans are looking out for, the first pre-season match is away at Ayr United on July 5 followed by three high profile friendlies in the USA later in the month.

The Scotland quartet plus Alistair Johnston and Cameron Carter-Vickers involvement at the Copa America will result in a staggered return to pre-season training with fans expecting some high quality signings after the disappointment of recruitment last summer.

Click here to watch Joe Hart Official Video 

Celtic And Southampton Too Slow Out Of Blocks For Star, Was Saints’ Top Target

Celtic and Southampton were too slow out of the blocks to land goalkeeper Patrick Pentz, despite Saints even having him as their top target until today.

Pentz has just signed a four-year contract with Danish side Brondby, joining the side on a permanent basis from Bayer Leverkusen.

The shot-stopper spent last term on loan at Brondby and the Danish side acted quickly to lock him down, with the contract not even including a release clause.

Brondby’s quick action has left Celtic and Southampton trailing, according to Danish outlet Bold.

Both clubs wanted to sign Pentz, but were too slow out of the blocks and Brondby took full advantage.

It is claimed that Southampton even had Pentz as their top target, right up until today, when he signed a permanent deal with Brondby.

Pentz now has the opportunity to further enhance his reputation at Euro 2024 with Austria.

Brondby know though that if the 27-year-old does excel and generate interest, they will not be forced to sell him as they successfully avoided putting any release clause in the goalkeeper’s deal.