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The fringe players continuing the pre-season journey with Celtic in Japan

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The Japan Tour is one that is not only being met with excitement by the Japanese public but also the Celtic fans.

Over the course of the next week, we will get the opportunity to see what will be a new-look Celtic under the tutelage of Brendan Rodgers.

With new players like Odin Thago Holm added to the squad, the Celtic fans will be looking forward to seeing what style of football will be adopted under Rodgers and how the new and already established players will fit into that.

But not only that, the fans will also be asking whether or not if any of the fringe players will play a part. And if so, who will they be?

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As 67 Hail Hail discussed earlier, photos of the team arriving at the airport showed Brendan Rodgers and the team at arrivals collecting their baggage.

But other photos that have been posted on Twitter have also shown that there are some fringe players that have been taken along to Japan that look like they will be given an opportunity to impress.

Liam Scales, Bosun Lawal and young Daniel Kelly were all spotted arriving as part of the first-team squad.

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Last season it seemed as though Scales was really out of the picture at Celtic. The versatile defender was on loan at Aberdeen and at one point it looked like The Dons were pushing to make the move permanent.

Bosun Lawal has been training with the first team for a number of months now and it also looks like young Daniel Kelly is set to get his chance in Japan.

Like I said, it’s exciting times for the week ahead and it will be interesting to see how the team line up and if there is a new style of football adopted for the season ahead.

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