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Celtic keeper Forster reveals: I was Rangers reject

Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster has revealed he's a Rangers reject!

Forster has been outstanding for Hoops on-loan from Newcastle United this season.

Forster said: "I wasn't picked up by Newcastle until I was 17. I was doing my A-levels and planning to go on to university when I got the call to join Newcastle.

"I'd been on trial at Rangers, Liverpool, Hibs and Leicester City but nothing came of that.

"A lot of academies get their keepers when they are ten years old and you have to stand out quite a bit to get in when you come from outside.

"My height didn't work in my favour either.

"Sometimes they think you can't get down to the ball properly when you're as tall as me.

"You have to prove yourself over and over."

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