Conor Hazard

He needed to leave to get first team football.

Not good enough for the first team but must have showed something to be kept around for this long.

All the best to him.

 

Good move for him. Appears to have done all the right things in terms of going out on loan but just not quite made it. Hope he does well.

Surprised we are due anything as thought he was out of contract?

 

Never gonna get near us. All the best.

 

Good move for him, will have a reasonable career, just not good enough for us

 

Who will be our 3. choice keeper? I thought Hazard was that, since Siegrist is leaving.

 

Hope we insisted on a 30% plus sell on, think he'll do well down there.

 

Was outstanding in Denmark by all accounts.

Can't see him doing what Shay Given did but reckon he'll thrive on being a clubs permanent no. 1

 

Finland no Denmark, but aye won keeper of the year and won the league

 

Stand corrected - but none the less did well both in Finland and HJK's European campaign - which had a fair few games. Believe he even got a players award too when there?

 

If he was that good in Finland, really surprising nobody from that neck of the woods came in for him.

 

It will be wages. Not a lot of money in that league that would compare to what Celtic pay even squad players.

 

Argyle’s fourth signing of the summer is goalkeeper Conor Hazard.

The 25-year-old heads to Home Park, from Scottish champions Celtic, for an undisclosed fee. Conor has signed a three-year contract.

From Downpatrick in Northern Ireland, Conor became a Celtic player just after his 16th birthday, in 2014. His first taste of first-team action came in 2018, when he joined Scottish second-tier side Falkirk on loan.

After just 12 games for the Bairns, Hazard made his debut for the Northern Ireland national team. He has gone to earn four senior caps, having played for his country at various age group levels.

In 2018/19, Conor played 15 times for Partick Thistle, again in the Scottish Championship, and returned to the second tier for 11 games for Dundee the following season.

Hazard’s introduction to the Celtic first team came in whirlwind fashion, in December 2020. His competitive debut was in the Europa League, at Parkhead, against Lille, a game that Celtic won 3-2. Later that week, he made his league bow, keeping a clean sheet as the Bhoys beat Kilmarnock.

The following week, Conor played in the Scottish Cup final, against Hearts, a game that had carried over from the previous season, curtailed because of the Covid pandemic. The game finished 3-3, after extra-time, with Celtic winning a shoot-out in which Hazard saved two Hearts penalties.

Hazard made seven Celtic appearances in all, all in the space of six weeks during that season.

In early 2022, Hazard headed to Finnish top-flight side HJK Helsinki. HJK are Finland’s most successful team, in a league which runs approximately February to November. He played 39 games for HJK, keeping 14 clean sheets, as they won the Finnish league, and competed in Champions League qualifying before a Europa League campaign. He was named as the Finnish league’s Goalkeeper of the Season.

Argyle manager Steven Schumacher said: “I am very pleased to have signed Conor. He comes to us from a huge football club, so we know he will have been taught superbly. He has international experience and all the fundamentals required to be a top goalkeeper.

“Conor will complement and challenge our current team of excellent goalkeepers, and we look forward to seeing him in action.”

Director of Football Neil Dewsnip added: “Conor had a brilliant year in Finland with HJK Helsinki where – like us – he became a champion last season. That is the kind of player we always strive to recruit; people with a champions mentality, which we will need in the season ahead."

The deal is subject to EFL approval and international clearance.

 

Conor Hazard admits Joe Hart was like a mentor to him at Celtic as he thanked the veteran keeper for his guidance.

Northern Ireland goalie Hazard this week completed a £150,000 move to English Championship side Plymouth Argyle. Hazard, 25, spent last year on loan with Helsinki, winning the Finnish title and the Veikkausliiga 2022 Goalkeeper of the Season after recording 14 clean sheets in 39 games. Now, he can't wait to get started at his new club and the shotstopper revealed Hart gave him his blessing to move south.



He said: "Joe was terrific with me. I couldn't have learned from anyone better. When I told him about the move, he said to go down and do my own thing.



I couldn't hold Joe in any higher regard. He was easy to approach and nothing was too much trouble. That tells you everything about him, especially for someone who's done everything in the game."


Hazard was the Scottish Cup Final hero for Celtic in 2020 as the Hoops beat Hearts in the penalty shoot-out to secure an unprecedented quadruple Treble.

His ambition was always to become No1 for his boyhood club but admits he couldn't turn down the chance of a fresh start elsewhere after falling down the pecking order at Parkhead



He said: "Celtic were my boyhood club. Of course there's sadness when you leave a club like that but this is best for my caree

 

Weird bump I know but watch Plymouth n Southampton game and not a bad move for him being a starter in the championship after never getting a sniff for us

 

He wasn't good enough. Good luck to the lad though.

 

Hopefully we stuck a decent sized sell on there, he's a decent keeper.

 

Yeah he had a decent game there tbh saved a nice free kick near the end but then conceded last minute, hopefully he does well n we have a sell on percentage