The latest round of international fixtures have drawn to a close as Celtic refocus their attention on league action with a trip to play Hearts at Tynecastle this Saturday, November 23.
With an unusually late kick-off time of 7.45pm, all five of the other Scottish Premiership fixtures this weekend will have taken place by the time Brendan Rodgers' side kick-off in the capital.
Speaking exclusively to Celtic TV, the Celtic manager said his players will regroup in their entirety on Friday afternoon, and have thus far returned from international duty unscathed.
He said: "The group will be all together again on Friday. So it's always a wee bit fragmented over the course of this period with so many players away but thus far they're all back healthy and we hope that'll stay the case come Friday."
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Saturday's encounter marks the first time the sides have met at Tynecastle this season so far, with Celtic running out 2-0 winners at Parkhead earlier this year.
In that match, both Arne Engels and Luke McCowan netted their first Celtic goals having moved to Glasgow's East End on transfer deadline day a couple of weeks prior.
On travelling to Edinburgh on Saturday, Rodgers added: "It's always been a tough game there. I think my last evening game was probably there with Liverpool when I played in the Europa League so every other game has always been an early kick off.
"But still, I look forward to us getting together again. It's a great game to get started. It's always going to be a tough game at Tynecastle and we'll be very prepared for that."
