6 premium Celtic goalkeeper transfer options as Kasper Schmeichel on Brendan Rodgers shortlist of 'names'

Brendan Rodgers cycled through three different goalkeepers in Celtic's first pre-season friendly with Ayr United - a surefire sign, as if it was needed, that he doesn't yet have his new No.1.

Scott Bain, Tobi Oluwayemi and Josh Clarke all took turns between the sticks at Somerset Park but the likelihood is any ongoing battle is for the mantle of No.2 to an incoming shotstopper who will claim the gloves. Speaking after the game, Rodgers was pressed on the possibility of a reunion with veteran Kasper Schmeichel, and he was a long way from ruling it out. "Kasper's a very, very good one," he said. "I know Kasper very well. But there are lots of names. and clearly I'm not going to tell you who those names are."

Lots of names isn't overstating it. As many as 15 different keepers have been linked with replacing Joe Hart at one point or another, and Rodgers' address hints it may be a little while yet before the search is complete. To help make some sense of it, Record Sport have taken a look at the six best options in the field.

Starting with the elephant in the room, Schmeichel and Rodgers have a proven working relationship from their time together at Leicester. He was linked a year ago, but the waters were murky at the time, with Joe Hart still holding the No.1 shirt and Schmeichel under contract at Nice at the time.

Now though it's a different story altogether: Schmeichel is out of contract after a season with Anderlecht, and Celtic need a proven No.1. The black mark against this one is Schmeichel's age: at 37, he's a short-term fix, with a season or two at most before his abilities naturally start to wane. But if the plan for Rodgers is to plug the gap now and develop the likes of Clarke or Oluwayemi into the long-term