Celtic eye former Dundee United goalkeeper Benjamin Siegrist

Benjamin Siegrist has emerged as a candidate to replace outgoing goalkeeper Vasilis Barkas at Celtic.

Sportsmail revealed Utrecht's move to end the Parkhead misery of Greek international Barkas on Saturday.

And the Dutch club on Tuesday night confirmed a season-long loan deal on their official club website.

Barkas, signed in a £5million move from AEK Athens two seasons ago, still has two years to run on his Celtic deal. At least one of those will be spent trying to rebuild his damaged reputation in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Utrecht technical director Jordy Zuidam said: 'Due to the ongoing injury of Fabian de Keijzer and the departure of Eric Oelschlägel, we aimed to strengthen our goalkeepers' guild.

'We are very pleased that this has been achieved with Vasilis Barkas.

'Vasilis is a big and athletic goalkeeper. He has good reflexes, rules in the air in the box, stands his ground in one-on-one duels and has charisma.