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Kirsty Feerick

Celtic goalkeeper Conor Hazard's Twitter account hacked as troll posts Rangers content

Celtic goalkeeper Conor Hazard 's Twitter account has been hacked by a troll who then uploaded brazen Rangers posts.

The 23-year-old keeper's profile this morning was full of Light Blues-related content, which included a picture of captain James Tavernier holding the Scottish Premiership trophy.

It was captioned: "morning guys".

Another post, which was then pinned to the top of Hazard's feed, read: "Joe Aribo is the best footballer this planet has ever seen."

And the troll was not finish there, as he changed the cover picture to one of the fan riots in George Square in May 2020 and the profile image to Paul Gascoigne during his time at Ibrox.

One of the posts showed Gers captain James Tavernier holding the Scottish Premiership trophy (UGC)

The account was previously inactive since 2017 before today's hack took over the profile. As of 10.20am today, the profile still had not been switched back.

The Northern Ireland international recently penned a new deal at Parkhead, which will keep him at the Hoops until 2023.

Hazard has found himself down the pecking order under Ange Postecoglou, behind first-choice keeper Joe Hart, Vasilis Barkas and Scott Bain.

Having previously been loaned out to Dundee, Partick Thistle and Falkirk, Hazard starred in the 2020 Scottish Cup Final against Hearts when he saved two penalities.

He has been capped once for Northern Ireland this season, when he came off the bench in a friendly win over Estonia.

Celtic Football Club said: "The matter is being taken extremely seriously and is now in the hands of the police."

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "We can confirm that a report has been received regarding communications offences and enquiries are at an early stage."

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