Celtic’s ‘we never stop’ mantra from manager Ange Postecoglou has always started at the back.
And keeper Joe Hart insists he’ll never get tired of hearing he’s the benchmark, alongside skipper Callum McGregor, as standard bearers for a club’s relentless pursuit of success. The terms of endearment that his manager directs towards the former England keeper can be read elsewhere in this newspaper. But Hart admits his arrival at the Hoops almost two years ago was always about a search for excellence.
He said: “Stuff like that means a lot because it’s the kind of thing I like to be associated with. I’m pretty genuine. Cal is obviously an unreal player and a superb captain. He has stepped into a role where he has had huge boots to fill (replacing Scott Brown). Cal has not even tried to fill them – he has gone in his own direction and done a great job. I let him know straight from the off that if he needed anything from me, I would be right by his side.
