Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Rodgers minus Hoops quintet
CELTIC boss Brendan Rodgers is likely to be without five players for the Ladbrokes Premiership visit of Dundee.
Midfielders Stuart Armstrong and Scott Brown missed Scotland’s World Cup qualifying games against Slovakia and Slovenia with respective calf and hamstring injuries, while Bosnia defender Jozo Simunovic sat out two matches, reportedly due to a hamstring tear.
Defender Anthony Ralston is still recovering from a slight tear to his meniscus, and Tom Rogic is due to return from international duty with Australia today.
Rodgers is hoping to have most of the quintet back fo r n ex t w e e k ’s Champions League game at Bayern Munich.
“Jozo, like Scott Brown and Stuart Armstrong, is very unlikely to be involved against Dundee tomorrow but all three should train and, hopefully, be ready for B aye r n M u n i ch ,” s a i d Rodgers.
“So it was never an injury that was going to keep him out for a sustained period of time but he felt something and he stayed behind to get treatment.
“They (Brown and Armstrong) are great. They have come through very well and will join the squad for training.
“Maybe t oo soon f or tomorrow but certainly they should be fine for Bayern Munich.
“He (Anthony Ralston) still hasn’t trained yet, so we are keeping an eye on him.
“He has spent a real good couple of weeks with the medical team and, hopefully, he will be in very soon also.
“We are still waiting on Tom Rogic, he has a way to go. He normally arrives the day before so he should be back today.
“It is very difficult when he has had the travel he has had.”