Joe Hart has told Christopher Jullien of his excitement at him being back available for Celtic in a classy Instagram message to the centre-back.
Jullien is back involved in matchday squads once more after recovering from torn knee ligaments that required surgery last year. It’s been a long road just to get back on the pitch for the Frenchman, who made his playing return in a cameo against Raith Rovers under a fortnight ago.
And the former Toulouse star received a classy message from Hart on his Instagram after he put out a post highlighting his Celtic TV interview from earlier this week. Josip Juranovic and Liel Abada were also amongst those to provide their support:
The support is there for all to see. Hart labels Chris’ interview “brilliant” as he stated he’s “excited to have him back. Juranovic, meanwhile, labels Jullien “My superman” whilst there’s also some support from Abada.
Once again, Hart is showing those leadership qualities that you don’t necessarily need a captain’s armband to show. Despite having never played with Jullien before his injury recovery, you can see just how passionate he is about the defender’s recovery.
As for the big Frenchman, this post appears to be him providing closure on the saga. It effectively robbed him of a year of his career, and it’s clearly now a case of onwards and upwards.
Christopher Jullien has plenty of Celtic backing as he looks to make impact
It’s difficult to know deep down what Jullien’s goals are for the rest of the season. Let’s not pretend that Ange Postecoglou is going to drop his first-choice centre-back pairing. Not at this stage of the campaign.
It’s probably just a case of the Frenchman now having to play whatever role he needs to from the bench. You never know, an injury to one of our centre-backs and he could very well be thrown in out of the blue.
For Ange Postecoglou, it’ll just be a case of trying to keep Jullien fresh for what’s to come. He never knows when he might need him. It’ll also be interesting to see whether he instantly goes above Stephen Welsh in the pecking order too.
One thing’s for certain, Jullien has plenty of backing in the Parkhead dressing room. Despite the fact it’s a new group of players around him, the unity built amongst the squad is in clear view here.
It’s an exciting time for him to burst back onto the scene with a new way of playing and a new manager. He was injured during what was a crisis period for the club and comes back into contention at a time when we’re flying high at the top of the Premiership.
His goal in the long-term will be to break back into the starting XI of course. But for the coming months, don’t be surprised if it’s a bit-part role.
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