Joe Hart: Celtic and former England goalkeeper announces retirement at end of season

Celtic goalkeeper and former England international Joe Hart has announced he will retire at the end of the 2023-24 season. “I think the hardest thing for me was once I’d made the decision was to explain that although I intend on finishing from June onwards, I’m so up for it, I’m so still so involved and still so committed.” Hart, who was capped 75 times by England, won two Premier League titles with City and won the league’s Golden Glove award for the most clean sheets in four separate seasons. Hart, who enjoyed a Premier League loan spell at Birmingham City in the 2009-10 campaign having previously had stints on loan at Tranmere Rovers and Blackpool, made his final appearance for Man City in August 2016 before successive season-long loan spells at Italian club Torino and West Ham United respectively. Hart joined Scottish side Celtic in the summer of 2021 and has helped the side win five trophies since including back-to-back league titles. Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers said that Hart will be a “huge miss to the game” having been a “brilliant asset” for the Scottish club across his three seasons in Glasgow.