Former Premier League champion, 37, completes shock free transfer to Celtic to replace Joe Hart after month unemployed

KASPER SCHMEICHEL has secured a reunion with Brendan Rodgers after signing for Celtic.

The 37-year-old goalkeeper has penned a one-year contract at Parkhead to replace Joe Hart after the ex-England stopper retired at the end of last season.

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Schmeichel, a member of Leicester’s legendary 2016 Premier League title-winning squad, was a free agent after leaving Belgian side Anderlecht in May.

Now he is back in the UK and aiming to add more silverware to his collection under Rodgers after lifting the 2021 FA Cup and subsequent FA Community Shield at Leicester together.

Schmeichel, who has 105 caps for Denmark and helped them to reach the last-16 of Euro 2024, said: “Celtic is one of the world’s proper football clubs, a massive name and a place of real passion and success.

“Celtic is what football is all about."

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Schmeichel, who spent 11 years at Leicester, will link-up with Rodgers and his new team-mates in America, where the Scottish champions are on pre-season tour.

On the prospect of working with Rodgers again, he added: “He (Rodgers) is a top manager and someone I can't wait to work with again.

“I will be doing all I can to keep Celtic on top.”

Celtic have signed Denmark captain Kasper Schmeichel on a one-year deal after the goalkeeper led his country to the last 16 of Euro 2024.

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Schmeichel, 37, was a free agent after leaving Belgian club Anderlecht at the end of last season and replaces former Manchester City club-mate Joe Hart,

The Dane has amassed 105 international caps and will join his new team-mates in the United States, where the Scottish champions are on tour.

Schmeichel’s father Peter was a legendary goalkeeper for Manchester United during the 1990s.

But Kasper started his career at Man City before having loan spells at Darlington, Bury, in Scotland at Falkirk, Cardiff and Coventry.

He left for a brief stint at Notts County and then headed to Leeds prior to joining Leicester in 2011.

Schmeichel spent a season at Nice in France after his Foxes exit and then moved to Belgium last summer.

He made 33 appearances for Anderlecht and kept eight clean sheets as they finished third in the Belgian Pro League.

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