Celtic star withdraws from international squad through injury

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The dreaded international break is upon us as Celtic go into storage for a week or so.

A number of key first-team stars will leave Lennoxtown to meet up with their international squads this weekend with the Nations League back in action.

Other players including Japanese trio Kyogo, Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate will also be in action outwith the European competition but supporters will have the same feelings heading into the break.

Punters will have their fingers and toes crossed that the players involved with their countries will head off and then come back to the fold injury free.

There are massive fixtures for the club on the horizon in the Champions League as well as in next month’s Premier Sports Cup Final and the New Year derby match.

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That’s why Brendan Rodgers and the fans will hope to have a clean bill of health even after the break.

One player who won’t be heading away with his nation having had to pull out due to injury is striker Adam Idah.

The Republic of Ireland international seemingly picked up a knock in his side’s 2-0 win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park and he had to go off to be replaced by Kyogo.

Adam Idah withdraws from Republic of Ireland squad with injury

And now the Irish FA has confirmed the striker won’t travel for the clashes with Finland and England this coming weekend.

Idah put in a solid shift against Kilmarnock as his side won 2-0 at Rugby Park and he was a pest all afternoon.

The big attacker cost the club a previous record fee of £9.5million when he signed from Norwich City earlier this year.

Idah’s Celtic goal scoring record since his £9.5million summer move

It came after a strong loan stint last term where he hit nine goals throughout his 19 appearances since January.

He has been reduced to coming off the bench in most games this campaign so far and has notched five goals thus far from 15 games including one against Slovan Bratislava in the Champions League.

His crowning moment in a Celtic jersey came in last season’s Scottish Cup Final vs Rangers where he hit the late winner and he has earned 29 caps for his country.