Ange Postecoglou’s first team squad have been travelling back to Scotland following the completion of this month’s international break on Wednesday.
It has been a busy seven days for the 13 Celtic stars, who jetted off across the world to join up with their international teams.
Whilst some enjoyed success, such as Callum McGregor and Greg Taylor with Scotland or Joisp Juranovic in Croatia, there were some players left coming away disappointed.
Matt O’Riley scored for his nation’s under-21s side but was on the back of a penalty shootout loss against Croatia in a European Championship play-off tie.
Several members of Postecoglou’s side also picked up small injury knocks, including Giorgos Giakoumakis, Daizen Maeda and Sead Haksabanovic.
Following on from the past week, watching the international Bhoys perform for their country, players are now making their way back to Scotland and the Lennoxtown training base ahead of our return to action on Saturday.
We are likely to see players slowly being reintroduced into training, similar to Josip Juranovic, who was spotted amongst his fellow teammates at the complex yesterday.
And you would imagine that Postecoglou is keen to get down to work right away as his side attempt to bounce back from the frustrating 2-0 loss against St Mirren almost two weeks ago.
The coming weeks and months are also set to be one of the busiest periods of the 2022/23 campaign, with non-stop fixtures throughout October and into November for 57-year-old and his players.
Important fixtures at home and on the road to come for Ange Postecoglou and Celtic
Not only is it a busy period, but it could also prove to be one of the most important, with huge fixtures in the Scottish Premiership, Premier Sports Cup and UEFA Champions League.
The Celtic boss will be looking to see his side continue their strong start to the season by putting more points on the board domestically and in Europe as four group stage fixtures await.
Trips to face RB Leipzig and Hearts arrive within weeks, alongside massive home games against the German side, alongside the Jambos Edinburgh rivals, Hibernian.
A place at Hampden in 2023 is also up for grabs when the Bhoys travel to take on Motherwell at Fir Park next month.
Following on from the nightmarish few weeks that is the international break, we are now edging closer to Celtic’s long-awaited return, and this run of games could prove to be one of the most exciting of the season.
As is expected, it is bound to be another rollercoaster period and one that we can hopefully enjoy before a break in club football due to the World Cup taking place later this year.
Fingers crossed we can kick it off in successful fashion when Motherwell travel to Parkhead this Saturday, kick-starting another long unbeaten run.
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