Brendan Rodgers has revealed Cameron Carter-Vickers could return to the Celtic starting line-up in midweek.
The centre-back was forced off injured in the victory over Hibs on Wednesday night.
And the blow sparked fears of a possible lengthy lay-off for the crucial defender.
However, a scan on the hamstring knock has come back "pretty clear" with a quickfire return now likely.
Rodgers confirmed Carter-Vickers missed out on the matchday squad to face Kilmarnock after "stiffness" around the knock. Nat Phillips starts in his place at Rugby Park this afternoon.
READ MORE: Celtic winger Mikey Johnston responds to Brendan Rodgers' blunt barb
But, Carter-Vickers could come back into the squad for the match against Feyenoord on Wednesday.
Asked for an update on Carter-Vickers and the results of a scan on the injury, Rodgers told Sky Sports: "To be fair, it was pretty clear.
"But he has just felt a bit of stiffness around it so we don't want to force it.
"He has obviously played a lot of games since he has come back from injury.
"Nat can come in and do a great job for us and then hopefully Cam will be available in the midweek."
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