Former Celtic target Maty Ryan has joined 14-time Danish champions FC Copenhagen after mutually agreeing to terminate his Real Sociedad contract after just one year.
The 30-year-old joined the La Liga side last summer from Brighton but first-team football has been few and far between for the goalkeeper, with Alex Remiro handed the club's No.1 spot under boss Imanol Alguacil.
Sociedad reportedly fought off competition from Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic and Premier League giants Arsenal last summer to land the 73-cap Socceroos star.
However, missing out on Ryan looks to have been a blessing in disguise for the Hoops, as Postecoglou remedied the near miss of the Ryan by signing Joe Hart, who played a leading role in Celtic's achievement of bringing back the Scottish Premiership title to Parkhead.
A club statement read: "We are getting an experienced and strong keeper in his prime, who arrives to take on the competition with our other goalkeepers.
"After Kamil Grabara's injury, we have been looking for an addition to the goalkeeper position, and we are very satisfied with the solution, which both in the short and long term ensures increased competition and quality in that position.
"Maty has played many games in some of the world's biggest leagues and still has plenty of hunger to do well at FCK and for Australia in the World Cup.
"We are looking forward to having him in the team and are sure that he will strengthen our squad."
