Joe Hart and Josip Juranovic were among the now former team-mates responding to Nir Bitton signing for Macabbi Tel Aviv.
Nine years after leaving Ashdod for Celtic the midfielder has returned home with a massive collection of medals and memories, plus well-wishes and friendships to last a lifetime.
Dorus de Vries had a brief and not too memorable time at Celtic under Brendan Rodgers but turned to Instagram to remember a team-mate with Mrs Lustig doing likewise.
TRANSLATION:
After 9 successful years at Celtic, the biggest club in Scotland and one of the biggest in the British Isles and Europe, I am returning home – to the biggest club in Israel.
When I went abroad I knew I was going to make my dream come true and play in a huge club, in a blown up stadium, in front of an audience that creates a crazy atmosphere, in order to win as many trophies and reach as many European factories as possible.
Returns to a pretty similar reality – a huge club, with a stadium that is supposed to be blown up by an audience that knows how to create an equally warm atmosphere, and the same goals: Europe and trophies. I will do everything to make dreams a reality. Starting again, here and now.
Allowing for a few Google Translation glitches it is clear that Bitton achieved all of his ambitions and more as a Celtic player- domestically the hoops were virtually untouchable during his time.
Signing off with a League Cup and SPFL double was appropriate with the final memories being of 60,000 delighted fans celebrating the start of a new era that has the stamp of Ange Postecoglou all over it.
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