Marian Shved’s injury misfortune may be Ryan Christie’s gain in sunny Sarajevo.
The Daily Record report that the Ukrainian will miss the game against the Bosnian champions after picking up a knock in training on Monday.
Jack Hendry will also miss the match, but it is Shved’s absence that will give Neil Lennon the biggest headache.
The 21-year-old was expected to start the match after being picked in Lennon’s team for the final warm-up clash against St. Gallen last week.
However, his loss could be Christie’s gain as the Scotland international bids to make his return from an injury of his own.
Christie could restart Celtic career in Sarajevo
Christie hasn’t featured competitively for Celtic since the Scottish Cup semi-final victory over Aberdeen in April. The midfielder played 42 minutes of the Hampden clash, before suffering an awful facial injury following an aerial clash with Dominic Ball.
He missed the club’s final six matches of last season and has only recently returned to the fold ahead of this campaign.
Christie could be asked to play a central-attacking role in Bosnia, with James Forrest coming out to the right-wing. Forrest was expected to play in the centre after featuring there against St. Gallen but now Christie is a better option.
If the former Aberdeen man does return then it’ll be great to see him back. Christie quickly rose to become one of our top talents last season but has been seen little over the past five or six months.
Hopefully he can show his new boss what he’s all about.
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