Celtic will face Heart of Midlothian at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon.
Celtic will be looking to kick off their 2017-18 Scottish Premiership campaign with victory over Heart of Midlothian at home this afternoon.
The Glasgow giants won the league title last season without losing a single match, and the Hoops will be aiming to do the same this time around.
The Hoops have the best and strongest team in Scotland, and Brendan Rodgers’s side will head into the game against Hearts at Celtic Park this afternoon with confident.
Celtic have done well in pre-season and could progress to the group stage of the 2017-18 Champions League campaign.
The Bhoys have been quite busy in the summer transfer window and have made as many as three new signings so far.
Winger Jonny Hayes has joined from Aberdeen, midfielder Kundai Benyu has moved to Celtic after leaving Ipswich Town, and midfielder Olivier Ntcham has made the switch from Manchester City.
This is how Celtic will line up against Hearts at Celtic Park in the Scottish Premiership this afternoon:
Meanwhile, Chris Sutton has told The Scottish Sun that Celtic need to sign a central defender.
The former Celtic striker does not believe that it would be a wise idea of manager Brendan Rodgers to deploy Nir Bitton as a central defender.
The 25-year-old is a defensive midfielder by trade, but the Israel international featured as a centre-back against Rosenborg in the Champions League qualifier earlier this week.
“Brendan is taking a gamble going with Nir Bitton,” Sutton told The Scottish Sun. “He’s an accomplished player but he’s not a centre-half.
“Boyata is injured but he’s got a gaffe in him as well. Celtic needed to buy a centre-half. There’s no cover for Kieran Tierney at left back, either.”
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