Celtic loanee Jeremy Toljan has lost his starting place.
Celtic caretaker boss Neil Lennon confirmed this week that he is holding talks with Mikael Lustig over a contract extension, The Scotsman report.
Lustig, 32, is out of contract at the end of the season.
It had seemed as though he was on his way out, especially after Celtic pursued right-backs in January, eventually signing Jeremy Toljan on loan from Borussia Dortmund.
Toljan’s spell at Dortmund has been a disappointment, and that has continued early on at Celtic.
He was sent off in Celtic’s Europa League second leg, and has since been dropped for Lustig.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Toljan was billed as Lustig’s replacement, the final nail in the Swede’s glittering Celtic career.
Instead he has failed to grasp his chance, and Lustig has a fresh lifeline.
Lustig suddenly looks like the more reliable option, and Toljan faces an uphill task to turn that around.
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