UNEXPECTED RETIREMENT;CELTIC ANNOUNCED THE RETIREMENT OF THEIR HEAD COACH..
An experienced Scottish Premiership goalkeeper has opened up on the collapse of his proposed move to Celtic.
Dundee keeper Trevor Carson was poised to swap Motherwell for the champions back in January 2018.
Brendan Rodgers was on the lookout for reliable back-up stopper, and the Northern Irishman was his top pick.
Carson insists a deal was on the cusp of being sealed, which would’ve presented ‘life-changing’ finances to his family.
“Then when they finally did, Motherwell were signing the boy Freddie Woodman on loan from Newcastle. Freddie was getting ready to come up and Joe Lewis got injured at Aberdeen training that day, this was the day before the window shut.
“Aberdeen come in for him [Woodman] and he picks Aberdeen over Motherwell. I’m in the office with Stephen Robinson and Alan Burrows and Robbo is like ‘you can’t sell him, I’m resigning if you sell him’.
“Listen, we got to a cup final but in the league, we weren’t doing great, we certainly weren’t safe from relegation. Robbo’s point was ‘Trevor is my number one, we can’t sell him’. The window was shut that night.
“In my mind, it was all done. We played Hibs that night, I came out and had a few missed calls and I knew something was up. Scott Bain was supposed to be on the bench against us for Hibs but they pulled him out and he signed for Celtic because mine had fallen through.
“Brendan rang me the next day and I spoke to him for about 40 minutes. That felt even worse because it was the first time.
“He was adamant he was coming back in for me in the summer, but obviously circumstances…Scott Bain signed and did really well after making his debut in the Old Firm six weeks later. Look at him now.”
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