Ange Postecoglou is sending 12 Celtic players off on international duty around the world over the next 10 days or so – but it seems Tom Rogic won’t be one of them.
Celtic published their list of those leaving Lennoxtown this afternoon.
As expected Daizen Maeda wasn’t on it after he pulled out of the Japan squad this morning.
However, Rogic, who picked up an ankle knock on Saturday is also absent meaning he has potentially pulled out of the Australia squad too. That’s a serious blow for them.
After the match against Ross County, Ange Postecoglou told 67 Hail Hail he didn’t think Rogic’s injury was “too bad” but that he hadn’t assessed him post-match, just at half-time.
The Australian was on the receiving end of a shocking challenge from Kayne Ramsay, who received a straight red card from referee Don Robertson.
Hopefully any injury is not serious enough to keep him out of Celtic action.
Elsewhere, Callum McGregor and Greg Taylor will both join up with the Scotland squad for friendlies against Poland and the losers of Wales vs Austria.
Nir Bitton travels with Israel to Germany for a tough friendly while Josip Juranovic will play Slovenia and Bulgaria with Croatia.
Giorgos Giakoumakis has returned to the Greece squad under new manager Gus Poyet – they face Romania and Montenegro.
Sweden defender Carl Starfelt has a massive World Cup play-off against Czech Republic to look forward to.
Reo Hatate could be the only Celtic star in action for the match between Japan and Australia, with his country also going up against Vietnam in crucial qualifiers.
Matt O’Riley is doing his family proud and joining up with the Danish U21 side, while Liel Abada will represent Israel at that level too. Stephen Welsh will captain the Scotland U21 squad.
Youngsters Johnny Kenny and Tobi Oluwayemi, who both train with the first-team squad under Ange, have been called up for Republic of Ireland and England U19 squads.
Safe travels to all!
In other news, “Stopped when I got out of primary school”; Ange’s latest Celtic response to yet another rivals question.
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