There were mixed findings with the likes of Aaron Mooy and Reo Hatate as Celtic posted footage from training on Wednesday.
Ange Postecoglou and his team are busy preparing for Saturday’s big Premiership derby against Rangers.
The Hoops know that victory will virtually end the title race as a contest, but it won’t be easy against a side who haven’t lost a league fixture since early November.
There are injury concerns over three starting XI players going in to the game: Reo Hatate, Aaron Mooy and Greg Taylor.
Ange shared some good news about Hatate, Mooy and Taylor at the weekend, with all three seemingly likely to feature at that stage.
In the Wednesday ‘Lennoxtown Unfiltered’ footage posted exclusively on Celtic TV, the team is seen training intensely.
Mooy is one of the first players to appear on to the pitch, with the Aussie looking fully fit and featuring in the entire session.
The likes of Liel Abada, Anthony Ralston and James Forrest are not involved, but that is no surprise with all certain to miss the weekend game.
What will be a concern to the Celtic support is that neither Hatate or Taylor were seen at all in the Wednesday session.
Hatate went off injured in our pre-break game against Hibernian while Taylor limped out of the Ross County clash on Sunday.
Of course, this could be an elaborate cover-up job from the Celtic media team, in a bid to unleash Hatate and Taylor as a surprise on Saturday.
We’re not ruling out either player at this stage, but it is definitely a worry to have neither in training a couple of days out from such a big match.
Also included in the session were a number of B team players, including Bosun Lawal, Rocco Vata and the returning Dane Murray. Great to see him back.
The final comment to be made from a look at the session is just how intense it all seemed to be.
We know that training is hard under Ange, but it’s incredible to see such energy being expended ahead of a huge game.
The team look up for it. Let’s hope Hatate and Taylor are confirmed fit when Ange speaks to the media tomorrow.
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