Fraser Forster's Newcastle return
Newcastle’s first team fly to the USA on Sunday for a three match tour with the indications being that Steve Harper and Tim Krul with be manager Alan Pardew’s first picks leaving Forster to travel with the reserve squad to Holland.
Neil Lennon had a £1.5m bid turned down for Forster last month with the Celtic boss anxious to bring in a new goalkeeper despite his praise for Lucasz Zaluska who played in all three matches of Celtic’s Australian tour.
Forster played for almost the whole of last season for Celtic having previously enjoyed loan spells with Norwich City, Bristol Rovers and Stockport County and is still waiting for his Newcastle debut.
Croatian goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa has spent the last few days with Celtic but there are conflicting reports as to whether he’s on trial or not.
Shay Given has been expected to compete a move from Manchester City to Aston Villa but after more than a week he has still to put pen to paper.
The Irish international ‘keeper has gone on record about his support of Celtic but it has been assumed that Celtic would be unable to pay City a transfer fee and also come to an agreement with Given.
With the opening match of the season just over a week away four different keepers are in the running to feature in the SPL opener away to Hibs on July 24.
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