Young striker Joey Dawson hasn’t had the best of luck at Celtic and his injury issues will continue despite recently recovering from a long-term ACL problem.
Dawson signed for the Bhoys from Scunthorpe back in 2021 and went on to make his senior debut under Ange Postecoglou during a 3-1 win over St Johnstone in December of that year.
He then progressed within the Celtic B set-up, showing lethal Lowland League form with 20 goals in 21 appearances during the 2022/23 campaign, garnering himself a bit of hype.
However, his development was cut short in March of last year after suffering an ACL rupture in his left knee. That served as a bitter blow to the prospect and kept him out for the rest of 2023.
Back in May, the hope of a bright new Celtic chapter surfaced after he penned a year’s extension to his contract until the summer of 2025. But the player is now facing another lengthy spell on the sidelines.
Joey Dawson confirms another long-term injury after surgery
The striker posted on Instagram this weekend: “Not really too sure where to start to be honest! After only recently getting myself fit from my left ACL I’ve now unfortunately ruptured my right one.
“Surgery today went well and now we can start to recover! I’d just like to say a big thank you to everyone who’s helped me through this tough period. You know who you are.”
It’s a real shame for the 21-year-old. Understandably teammates past and present have been rushing to the comments to wish him well.
Josip Juranovic left a classy comment urging a “speedy recovery”, as did Ben Doak and Daniel Kelly alongside a clutch of other youth players at the club.
Assuming there’s a similar rehabilitation time to his left knee, the issue with his right will keep him out well into 2025.
It’s hard to know where his career at Celtic will go from here but every fan will be hoping all the best for him and that he makes a healthy comeback.
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