The former Manchester United and England defender Paul Parker who pays homage to Joe Hart’s time at Celtic and believes that Kapser Schmeichel will be unfazed by the challenge of being Super Joe’s replacement…
Paul Parker, speaking to Danish outlet Tipsbladet claims that Kapser Schmeichel will be unfazed by playing at Celtic Park but claims he’ll find it tough to live up to Joe Hart who was much loved by Celtic fans.
Schmeichel is a big name
“Joe Hart was well liked there. I think he’d done really well again. It’s a goalkeeper, a big name goalkeeper Celtic are bringing in. It’d be interesting to see how Kasper deals with that.”
“I don’t know what the standard of the Belgian league is like, but it’d be a big, big change for him.”
“When they play each other four times a year. You’ll certainly get bored of blue anyway when you’re playing that many times. But you have to say it shouldn’t be a problem for him. That shouldn’t be a problem.”
Schmeichel wont be fazed by Celtic Park
“The hardest thing for him is actually getting for some of the other games he’s got to play when he goes away from home. There’s a lot of plastic pitches, a lot of, um, artificial pitches in that league as well, because clubs need it there financially. Because for the communities to keep themselves going as a club. So it’s going to be a big change.”
“And in that sense, but walking into Celtic Park won’t faze him because from a kid he was walking into Old Trafford, so he went to bed. Many, many others, he’d done what he’d done as a player, you know, to achieve what he’d done, to have a league title behind him and an FA Cup winners medal. So it shouldn’t be, shouldn’t be a problem.”
“The biggest problem will be trying to put Joe Hart to bed. That’s tough because. Because the Celtic fans loved him,” Parker added.
