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Swedish international goalkeeper Magnus Hedman was the man many Hoops fans hoped would finally bring a bit of quality to the Bhoys No1 shirt when he arrived at Parkhead for £1 million from Coventry in 2002.

With fellow Swedes Henrik Larsson and Johan Mjallby adored by the Celtic faithful, aspirations were high that Hedman would join his compatriots in the affection of the support. As a keeper in England and at international level he had shown himself to be a solid and seemingly commanding stopper. Just the sort of guardian the Bhoys had been looking for.

With Rab Douglas in less than convincing form Hedman was expected to make a starting spot his own but the former Sky Blue was himself less than impressive and noteable blunders - including a costly mistake in a Champions League tie at Bayern Munich - saw the Swede make only limited first team appearances.

Error prone and with a reputation of bottling it on the big occasion Heman was out of the first team picture by 2004 and a loan spell in Italy at Ancona. After 26 first team appearances at Parkhead Hedman was released from his contract at the start of season 2005/06.