Neil Lennon has provided an update on the injury status of Celtic winger James Forrest.
Forrest has only made ten appearances this season and hasn’t featured since the 1-0 win over Riga way back in September.
However, he is closing in on a return.
Lennon has stated his hope for Forrest to return to the first-team group by this time next week.
Speaking in today’s press conference, the Celtic boss said: “He’s been training last week, he’s out on the grass again. We’re hoping he rejoins the training group in a week. That’ll obviously be a welcome inclusion to the squad again, he’s been sorely missed.
“You only have to look at his record and his consistency over the years. He was having a magnificent season last year before the lockdown came. He had started the season in pretty good form.
“It was a real bad injury that he got. He wasn’t really aware of the significance of it until two or three weeks after he picked the injury up. He’ll be a welcome inclusion. He’s a quality, quality player.”
The James Forrest Celtic return after injury is welcomed
Forrest had scored two goals and assisted once before hitting the treatment table. He will add experience and creativity to the Celtic attack.
We’ve struggled to find a legitimate right-wing threat since his absence so he will indeed be a welcome option once again.
As Lennon notes, Forrest’s 16 goals and 22 assists last season marked him out as one of the team’s most effective performers [Transfermarkt].
Having that kind of threat in the lineup should at least be a help towards finding form again in the Scottish Premiership.
Celtic’s problems run deeper than the absence of Forrest of course, and it could take a while before the 29-year-old is up to full match fitness.
Hopefully he’s back to his old self sooner rather than later.
In other news, Jonjoe Kenny could make his Celtic debut tomorrow night.
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