Tobi Oluwayemi shares what Kasper Schmeichel is really like behind the scenes at Celtic

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When Celtic had to replace Joe Hart this summer, the club didn’t just have to replace the player, Brendan Rodgers had to replace the man.

67 Hail Hail has discussed on numerous occasions how Hart was a great influence not just on the park but also in the Celtic Park dressing room.

So replacing that was always going to be a difficult task. But it seems that Rodgers has done just that after he snapped up Kasper Schmeichel on a free transfer for Celtic this summer.

That’s according to Celtic academy goalkeeper, Tobi Oluwayemi.

Schmeichel is ‘magnificent’ at Celtic

Young Oluwayemi sealed a loan move to Dunfermline from Celtic this summer after spending a year in the Austrian second-tier with Admira Wacker.

And as he waits to make his debut for the Pars, the 21-year-old has shared what the big Dane is really like behind the scenes at Celtic.

Oluwayemi told The Courier, “The pre-season tour was great. It was my first experience of a long trip away to a different continent.

“Especially with Kasper joining in at the start, you get to see a different type of person.

“Obviously I had Joe Hart before. But you get different characters, different persons and a different way of being at the top because they have both been at the top.

“You ask questions as much as you can and learn as much as you can. You’d be a fool not to.

“They were magnificent. Joe Hart worked with my brother [Josh] at Spurs so that helped me a bit, that he knew my name and he knew of me.

“How humble and hard-working the guy is was an eye-opener for any young player. If someone who has been there behaves like this then you have to behave like that.

“When Kasper came in, it was the same humility. You start to see a trend with the top players when you speak to them.

“They all have that sense of humility and hard work ethic about them.”

Oluwayemi will be hoping that his temporary spell at Dunfermline will be more productive than his time in Austria.

The youngster suffered a horrendous knee injury that blighted his temporary spell at Admira Wacker and he made just nine appearances for the Austrians.

Oluwayemi also saw his loan spell at Cork City two seasons ago cut short by injury and now in the Scottish Championship, the England U20 international will be hoping to make his mark and help Dunfermline push for promotion to the Scottish Premiership.