Joe Hart has sensationally revealed he was ready to walk away from the game before his signing chat with Ange Postecoglou. The keeper was left demoralised after being torn-apart and told he was finished at the top level by ex- Spurs gaffer Nuno Espirito Santo.
Hart was left shellshocked by the Portuguese's brutal assessment last summer that he wasn’t capable of performing at the highest levels anymore and he would never play for him.
The ex-England No.1 felt ready to give-up and play charity games before Celtic swooped in to give him the chance to prove doubters wrong.
Speaking on In The Stiffs podcast, Hart recounted: “There was a big change going on at Tottenham."They needed a lot of people out and a lot of people in. (Nuno Espirito Santo) proceeded to call me in.“I knew they were signing another goalkeeper and I was like: 'Do we need to have a conversation?' He said that we’d speak after training.“He was like: 'I’ll speak first.
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