Why Joe Hart to Celtic transfer fell through a year earlier as he reveals 'no agenda' Ange Postecoglou chat

Joe Hart has lifted the lid on the heartfelt conversation with Ange Postecoglou which set-up his career resurgence at Celtic.

At the age of 34, the keeper was overjoyed at having an opportunity to join the Parkhead giants.

But, at the same time, Hart needed to be honest. To both the boss and to himself.

Having been savaged and shown the Spurs door after Nuno Espirito Santo’s brutal putdowns, the Englishman needed crystal clarity.

Hart didn’t want to let Celtic down. He didn’t want to be let down.

Three years after leaving Manchester City for good and after spells at Burnley and with Spurs, his love for playing football had not diminished.

However, his love for some of the aspects within the game had having found himself out in the cold again.

Hart was desperate to sign for Celtic. A move hadn’t come off after talks the year before as he explained: “They decided at the top there was no re-sale [value] in me. So they didn’t want to take me on.

“If I did well, great, they wouldn’t gain anything from it. So I was like, fair enough. It never got started.”

Hart was open to it then. Even more open to it last summer.

But he had tell Postecoglou the truth about where he was coming from. What it needed to work both for player and boss.

It wasn’t demands. Just straight talking. Hart knew the words might ruin his chances to move, but there was no other way to approach the conversation.

Speaking on the In The Stiffs Podcast, he explained: “I was going to be completely honest with how I see football, how I see life and how I see things.

“I’d love to talk to him (Postecoglou) because I think it is amazing that a club like Celtic even want to have a conversation with me.

“There was no falseness to anything I was saying. No