The Hoops travel to the Nou Camp in the Champions League this evening.
Former Celtic striker Chris Sutton has told the Daily Mail that Kolo Toure will be key for his old side against Barcelona.
The Scottish champions travel to the Nou Camp for the first game of their Champions League campaign this evening.
They head to Spain full of confidence after enjoying a comprehensive 5-1 win over rivals Rangers in the Old Firm derby on Saturday.
Nonetheless, Luis Enrique’s side head into the Group C game as favourites, largely because of their attacking triumvirate of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
And Sutton says central defender Kolo Toure will be key to the Hoops’ chances of coming away with a positive result.
“Kolo will be a very important player and that’s why Brendan brought him into the football club,” he told the Daily Mail.
“It’s going to be one of those games where you weather the storm for 30 minutes. It’s important that they have an organiser at the back and that’s essentially what Toure was brought in for.”
Another factor that will give Celtic confidence of getting a positive result is Alaves’ win at the Nou Camp on Saturday.
The newly promoted side pulled off arguably the surprise result of the weekend when they beat the reigning La Liga champions 2-1.
That result showed the Catalan giants are not quite as invincible as they have appeared in recent years, and Celtic will feel they can pull off their own upset.
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