Tomorrow night's Europa League game against Valencia will come too soon for Kieran Tierney.
Speaking ahead of the game against the La Liga side, Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that while the Scotland internationalist has returned to training he won't make the game against the Spaniairds.
Tierney has not played since early December because of an ongoing hip and pelvic issue and won't be rushed back for the Europa League tie.
"Kieran Tierney has trained but won't be available," said Rodgers. "Emilio Izaguirre andJoso Simunovic are fit and available.
READ MORE: How should Celtic solve left-back dilemma with Kieran Tierney missing out?
"We're unfortunate that we have injuries but we've had a few throughout the season. We just carry on like we have all year.
"We'll be ready for it. The players we've brought in have adapted well and are young and hungry for the game.
"It's very important for Celtic to compete at this level," continued Rodgers. "The club is historically synonymous with European competition so we want to do all we can to do well."
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel