Celtic injury news latest on Alistair Johnston, Anthony Ralston and Cameron Carter-Vickers

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Celtic will be assessing the fitness of at least three players before their game against Hibernian this weekend.

The Hoops played on Wednesday as they drew 1-1 with Red Star Belgrade to kickstart their Europa League campaign.

Cameron Carter-Vickers was the only one of the trio in question to play in Belgrade before the return to domestic action, where the Bhoys will play at Celtic Park.

With the fixture list seemingly never-ending, Brendan Rodgers will want as many bodies available for the run-in.

Below is an update on all three players and where they are in their injury recovery.

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Alistair Johnston still not ready to return to the squad

Alistair Johnston was ruled out until November after picking up an injury in the Champions League play-off first leg tie against Kairat Almaty.

The Canadian has handed Celtic a small boost though and is seemingly ahead of schedule, which could mean he is back sooner rather than later.

He told the Park the Bus podcast that he is “taking it day by day” but feels “really good”.

Johnston is yet to start training with the squad again, but don’t rule out his return in a few weeks’ time.

Anthony Ralston likely to return for Celtic against Hibernian

Anthony Ralston was back in training ahead of the Red Star game but wasn’t selected as Colby Donovan impressed again.

Ralston would have been the first choice to slot into the right-back position following Johnston’s injury, but suffered a setback after the Glasgow derby clash.

While he may be available to play again, there is no guarantee that he will come back into the starting XI after a series of impressive performances from Donovan.

Cameron Carter-Vickers spotted struggling with injury vs Red Star

One player Celtic cannot afford to lose is Carter-Vickers. The American has formed a strong partnership with Liam Scales, and the reason why the Bhoys have only conceded three goals in all competitions so far.

Carter-Vickers was spotted struggling during the game against Red Star, with the centre-back allegedly limping throughout the latter stages of Wednesday night’s game.

Having missed most of pre-season through injury, Rodgers will be hoping and praying that this isn’t anything serious.