MusaCraig Gordon rebuilt his career with Celtic.
But it was at Rangers that the goalkeeper rebuilt his knee – and thus made the biggest save of his life.
His playing days.
Rangers physio Steven Walker helped him get back between the sticks in 2014 after two years out injured.But the Hearts legend admits he had to be SELFISH and look after number one when deciding on his next move.
By summer 2014, more than two years after his last appearance for Sunderland, he was in a condition ready to resume his career.
Not at Rangers though. At Celtic Park where Ronny Deila handed him his big chance.
He said: “At certain times as a footballer you’ve got to be a bit selfish and do the thing that’s best for you.
“And that was the best thing for me, for my career, to play at the highest level.
“Rangers were in the lower leagues at the time and took a further three years to come to the Premiership. I managed to get those three years playing in the Premiership and playing for Scotland that perhaps maybe I wouldn’t have had.
“It was a difficult thing to do but sometimes you’ve got to do what’s best.
“Rangers already had two senior goalkeepers.
“To add another one at that stage probably wasn’t financially the right thing for them to do.
They wanted me to play in a couple of reserve games to prove that I was fit enough to stay there.
“If I had done that then my injury insurance would have been invalid. So I just couldn’t do that.
“That was the reason why that never happened.
“I spoke to Raith Rovers. Hearts had Jamie MacDonald and didn’t know if he was going to be leaving. I think Neil Alexander came in.
“Then Celtic came in. I knew I would have really good medical care there. I could give it the best possible chance to continue my rehab and try to get some games.
“There was obviously speculation about Fraser Forster so there was a little chink of light – him potentially moving on.
“It all fell into place at exactly the right time.
“I managed to play 50 games my first season back after not playing for two years.
“I didn’t know it was possible until I managed to do it.”
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