CARL STARFELT is likely to miss the majority of pre-season after picking up an injury at Celtic’s Austrian training camp, while Liel Abada and Josip Juranovic have also picked up minor knocks.
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou revealed that the trio had all picked up ‘niggles’ as his players stepped up their preparations with gruelling sessions at their Bad Erlach training base.
While Abada and Juranovic are believed to have sustained minor injuries and should be able to join in with the main group again shortly, Postecoglou is concerned that Starfelt’s issue may mean that he will again go into the campaign without a proper pre-season behind him.
“We’ve got a couple of guys with niggles,” Postecoglou said.
“Obviously, Carl and Josip, Liel trained well [on Wednesday] morning. We had a hard session, so [Liel] might’ve pulled up slightly. I haven’t spoken to him. But we’ve got nothing significant.
“Carl’s the one who will probably miss a lot of this pre-season but we’re pretty confident we’ll have him back for the start of the season.
“Everyone else should be fine for the bulk of this pre-season, hopefully.”
