Celtic have concerns over Dedryck Boyata, Kieran Tierney and Mikael Lustig ahead of hosting Ibrox side Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premiership.
Revenge is on the agenda for Celtic this Sunday when they host Rangers at Parkhead.
The Hoops lost the last Old Firm derby to Rangers in December, which was the Gers’ first derby-day victory in 13 attempts.
Now under Neil Lennon, Celtic will be aiming to make things right next weekend. The only problem is, their defence is potentially decimated and Steven Gerrard might be licking his lips.
Kieran Tierney and Mikael Lustig pulled out of international duty for Scotland and Sweden respectively due to injury, while Dedryck Boyata will play no part against Cyprus on Tuesday after withdrawing from Belgium’s squad due to personal reasons [The Record].
With only a week to go until Rangers come to town, it looks like three of Lennon’s back four could potentially miss the game and that’ll be music to the ears of Gerrard, if it happens.
Not that the Ibrox outfit need the Hoops to be depleted in order to beat them, because they could’ve won by three or four back in December, but morale is low in the camp right now and an Old Firm win would spike it again.
The light Blues have fallen 10 points behind Celtic and been eliminated from the Scottish Cup over the last 10 days to ensure Gerrard probably won’t be delivering any trophies in his first season.
But a derby-day victory would restore some pride and keep things somewhat interesting in the context of the Premiership title – and if Tierney, Lustig and Boyata are all missing then that can only be a good thing for Gerrard.
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