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Is Neil Lennon going to give Scott Allan a Celtic swansong?

Morgaro Gomis (R) of Hearts is tackled by Scott Allan of Hibernian during the Scottish Championship match between Heart of Midlothian F.C. and Hibe...
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Scott Allan hasn’t made a match-day squad for Celtic all season long.

Scott Allan of Celtic during the International Champions Cup series match between Barcelona and Celtic at Aviva Stadium on July 30, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland.

Celtic round off their Premiership campaign with the visit of Hearts on Sunday.

It’s a dead rubber for the Hoops, who have already won the title and, with a Scottish Cup final on the horizon, Neil Lennon might rest a few of his heavy hitters.

Some Celtic players will be playing their last game for the club against the Jambos and, given the lack of importance over the result, should Lennon give Scott Allan his send-off?

Lennon signed Allan for Hibernian on a pre-contract agreement in January, two weeks before he left Easter Road.

The Northern Irishman hasn’t given the 27-year-old a single minute of football since returning to Parkhead in February, but that could and should change this weekend.

He has been on the Bhoys’ books for four years and although he wasn’t a roaring success at Celtic, giving him the chance to say goodbye might be the decent thing to do here.

Lennon obviously rated him enough to re-sign him for Hibs earlier in the year, telling BBC Sport that ‘It’s no secret that Scott is a player I admire and wanted back’, so why snub him in a game of no importance?

Scott Allan of Hibernian in action during the Scottish Championship match between Heart of Midlothian F.C. and Hibernian F.C. at Tynecastle Stadium on January 3, 2015 in Edinburgh Scotland.