Scott Bain told he can leave Celtic on free transfer
Heading into the final 12 months of his agreement, the Parkhead club have agreed to cut the deal short and let the 33-year-old go.
Signed in 2018, Bain made 69 appearances for the Celtic first team, his last game a 3-2 win over St Mirren in May last year.
Now third in the pecking order behind Kasper Schmeichel and Viljami Sinisalo the 33-year-old will now go in search of first team football elsewhere.
As first revealed by Herald Sport on May 5, Celtic will move to replace the former Scotland keeper with Aberdeen free agent Ross Doohan.
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Obliged to name eight homegrown Scots in their Champions League squad under UEFA regulations, four of the players must stem from a club's own youth system. A graduate of Celtic's Lennoxtown academy Doohan spent seven years at the champions between 2015 and 2022.
An unused substitute as the Dons won the Scottish Cup for the first time in 35 years, the 27-year-old deputised for Pittodrie number one Dimitar Mitov at Hampden.
The agent of David Strelec insists there is nothing to report, meanwhile, on Celtic's interest in the Slovan Bratislava striker.
Assessed by scouts in January the 24-year-old is expected to leave Slovakia this summer. In the market for a striker, Brendan Rodgers has been linked with a summer move for the coveted forward.
Commenting on the interest, however, agent Michal Cierny said: 'It's just rumours at the moment. There is no concrete offer on the table from Celtic.'
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