Lennon plans Commons return
Commons spectacular arrival last January has almost been matched by his disappearance this term leading to wild speculation about the state of his relationship with Lennon.
At the height of the gossip the midfielder turned up for training wrapped up in bandages after a day of text rumours about another dressing room bust-up with his boss.
Reports of a loan move to Southampton have been dismissed with Lennon planning his former team-mates return to first-team service.
“We’ve still got Kris Commons to return,” the Celtic boss explained looking forward to the Scottish Cup tie at Peterhead on Sunday. “Hopefully he’s going to start training this week.
“It’s just been the case that we haven’t been able to put sessions on for him because we have had the double-headers of games, with the rest in between.”
After winning the cup last season and going on a ten match winning run in the SPL Lennon is expected to field a strong side at Peterhead although injured duo Adam Matthews and Gary Hooper are unlikely to be risked.
“We want to win everything,” the hoops boss added. “We came very close last year, but we’ve now got a better squad.
“I’m disappointed we’re out of Europe but domestically we want to win everything. By all accounts the pitch at Peterhead is good. And we would like the match to go ahead because we don’t really want a backlog of games, if we can avoid it.”
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