Christopher Jullien hasn’t made his competitive Celtic debut as of yet.
Celtic boss Neil Lennon has told The Scottish Sun that he will ‘probably’ give new signing Christopher Jullien a competitive debut this week.
The French defender became the Hoops’ second most expensive player of all time when Lennon shelled out £7 million [The Scottish Sun] on bringing him to Scotland from Toulouse in June.
Despite the big-money fee, Celtic fans have seen precious little of the towering centre-back as of yet, with the Northern Irish manager naming him as an unused substitution for their three Champions League qualifiers so far.
Lennon’s side travel to Estonia for a second-leg qualifier away to Nomme Kalju on Tuesday, and the Bhoys boss claims that he’ll more than likely start Jullien.
He told The Scottish Sun: “I’d imagine that Christopher Jullien will probably play. He has a great chance of starting. It is an opportunity of getting a good 90 minutes into him to get him up and running.”
It should, in theory, be a stupidly-simple debut for Jullien, whose team-mates already did the heavy lifting in Glasgow earlier in the week.
Lennon’s side cruised to a 5-0 first-leg win over the Tallin-based club at Parkhead and the Frenchman shouldn’t find himself under much pressure next week.
Nonetheless, it’s still an exciting prospect for Hoops fans, who will finally get to see what their money bought.
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