Joe Hart seems totally buzzing to be back training with Celtic.
The veteran goalkeeper recently turned 36 and will be all too aware that he may not have too many more years left at the top level.
But Hart seems to be keen to enjoy every minute of the rest of his career as he enters his third season as Celtic‘s number one.
He is one of the many non-international stars to have returned to Lennoxtown this week and meet new Hoops boss Brendan Rodgers for the first time.
Celtic didn’t post any footage from Monday’s return session, but shared numerous photos and videos from Tuesday’s run-out.
Hart was also keen to post evidence of him back amongst the action on Instagram, alongside a caption that made it obvious how happy he was to be back on the grass.
“What a feeling,” he wrote. “Back on the grass. Let’s go.”
Hart also shared some images on his Instagram story, including one which had the caption: “Awesome summer, delighted to be back.”
Another photo saw him with fellow goalkeeper Tobi Oluwayemi.
The England youth international had spent the second half of last season on loan at Cork City, but has now clearly returned to Celtic ahead of the new campaign.
It will be interesting to see where Oluwayemi fits in to things at Celtic. On the face of it, his Cork loan doesn’t appear to have been particularly fruitful, given that he failed to make the match squad for the final 19 games of the campaign.
But he’ll get a fresh start this summer just like every other Celtic star. Even Hart won’t know where he truly stands right now.
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