Kieran Tierney and Aidan Nesbitt will lead a group of six Celtic players in the Scotland u-19 squad to Germany this week.
Ricky Sbragia’s squad will be based in Stuttgart where they will take on the host nation, Mexico and the USA with the opening match coming on Wednesday against Mexico.
Joining Nesbitt and Tierney will be Joe Thomson, Mark Hill, Sam Wardrop and Jack Breslin who have all been involved with Celtic against Benfica and HJK Helsinki over the last fortnight.
With those six players away on international duty there will be no Development League fixtures this week. Celtic are scheduled to play Kimarnock in the Development League on October 13 with the return leg against HJK Helsinki coming a week later at Livingston, Celtic won the first leg 5-0.
After starting their campaigns in the Premier League International Cup and UEFA Youth League Celtic are looking for a date to face Hamilton in the SFA Youth Cup.
The match was scheduled for today at New Douglas Park which was out of bounds due to first team action with Celtic defending the trophy that they won last season by beating Sevco 5-2 in the Hampden final.
Later this month six of Celtic’s u-17 side will be on international duty in Bulgaria as Scotland take on Macedonia, Italy and the host nation in u-17 European Championship qualifiers.
Goalkeeper Aiden McAdams will be joined by defenders Shaun Bowers and Wallace Duffy, midfielders Lewis Bell and Broque Watson with striker Jack Aitchison also selected.
Earlier today Celtic’s u-17 side won 8-2 away to Ayr United with Ross McLaughlin scoring a hat-trick, Aitchison and Michael Johnston notching doubles with Ireland’s Brandon Payne also on the scoresheet.