CRAIG GORDON, the Celtic goalkeeper, has spoken about returning from the international break with a new sense of perspective following a nightmarish 48-hour spell in which he lost his friend and former team-mate Marton Fulop to cancer before being stuck in a Paris hotel with his family during the terror attacks.

Gordon wore 32 on his shirt in the weekend’s 0-0 draw with Kilmarnock in tribute to Fulop, who sported the same number during the three years they spent together at Sunderland.

The Hungarian died, aged 32, following a long battle with on November 12 – the day before 130 people were killed by extremists in a series of attacks across the French capital.

Gordon had taken his wife and children to Disneyland Paris for a short holiday, but the park was closed for most of their stay as a result of the atrocities.

“It was scary when we heard about it,” said Gordon. “I was busy Googling places to see how close we were.

“They closed Disneyland and my kids only got an hour on Friday night until we had to explain it wouldn’t be open for a couple of days because of what had happened.

“We didn’t go into the centre. We just stayed in the hotel for two days then came back. It was an eerie atmosphere.

“It certainly puts things in perspective. It is a horrible thing that happened.”

Gordon concedes Saturday’s match, which started with a minute’s silence in memory of those murdered in Paris, was particularly poignant for him because of the recent death of Fulop.

“Marton was just 32, only slightly younger than me,” he said. “That brings it home because he has a young family as well and it’s desperately sad.”