Aberdeen chairman Dave Cormack has explained his Twitter blunder as he tweeted about Celtic goalkeeper Conor Hazard.
With Pittodrie stopper Jay Gorter returning to Ajax, the Dons are in the market for a new goalkeeper and some reports have suggested Hoops youngster Ross Doohan could be an option.
Instead, Cormack accidentally tweeted the name of goalkeeper Conor Hazard and he was forced to explain his error.
"I have just deleted a tweet, people with notifications on saw it," Cormack said. "I thought I was searching and I actually ended up replying to Alan Burrows. No one will believe me, no one one has mentioned Conor (Hazard) to me at all.
"I was just, simply, doing a whole bunch of searching that I normally do on players, so that's what happened. Some think when I tweet this late in UK time that I have been at the sauce for a while, I can't use that as an excuse because I have been tee-total for about 15 years.
"Great end of the season for us Dandies, looking forward to next season and a really fantastic result for Scotland!"
Hazard made a handful of appearances for Celtic during the 2020/21 season when the club had somewhat of a goalkeeping crisis with Vasilis Barkas and Scott Bain not up to scratch.
Since then though, Hazard failed to make an impact under Ange Postecoglou with Joe Hart the No1 choice in between the sticks.
Meanwhile, Celtic appear close to securing the services of Brendan Rodgers for a second time after pushing the boat out to bring their former manager back as Ange Postecoglou’s successor.
The Hoops have been on the hunt for a new boss since the Australian sealed his move to Tottenham last Tuesday.
After being linked with Manchester City assistant Enzo Maresca, Bodo/Glimt boss Kjetil Knutsen and West Ham manager David Moyes, among others, the Celtic board have now homed in on Rodgers, with whom they met in Majorca last weekend to initiate discussions.
The Northern Irishman left Celtic to take over at Leicester almost four and a half years ago, but he now appears set for a return to the club at which he won all seven domestic trophies available to him while laying the foundations for a remarkable quadruple-treble that was completed by his successor Neil Lennon.
Rodgers – who has also been linked with the Leeds vacancy – was barely backable with bookmakers to become the next Celtic manager on Wednesday, available at just 1/14 with Sky Bet at 6pm, amid suggestions that talks are firmly at the “advanced” stage.
The 50-year-old has reportedly been offered a salary that eclipses what he earned in his previous stint at Celtic as the Scottish champions – fresh from sealing their latest domestic treble – attempt to build on the impressive work carried out by Postecoglou over the past two years.
