Premier Sports have won the rights to show Celtic’s Europa League play-off tie away to Suduva on Thursday.
The deal will be especially welcome to Virgin Media customers with most getting both Premier Sports channels free for two months.
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BT Sport has the rights to the group stages of both UEFA competitions and the play-off stage of the Champions League but the Europa play-off rights remain with the host club.
Thursday’s match kicks off at 6pm Celtic Park Time, the home leg is unlikely to be shown live except for Celtic TV subscribers outside of the UK and Ireland.
Celtic fly out to Lithuania today with Dedryck Boyata expected to be included in the squad for the first time this season.
After missing the games against Hearts and AEK Athens he appears to have made his peace with Brendan Rodgers and the first team squad but there is little sign of forgiveness among supporters.
Sevilla have been closely linked with the former Manchester City defender with the Spanish expected to secure his signing next week despite interest from Fenerbahce.