Chris Davies has revealed the two options that Celtic have to step in for the suspended Kris Ajer.
The young Norwegian picked up a stoppage time red card in the 2-0 win over St Johnstone yesterday to add to Celtic’s lengthy injury list.
Brendan Rodgers’ regular back four- Mikael Lustig, Filip Benkovic, Dedryck Boyata and Kieran Tierney- are all out injured with the hoops facing a frantic programme of matches in the remainder of February.
?????CD: “We can put out a team that’s full of quality players. Bitton can play centre-half, we’ve got Jack Hendry, we’ve got Dedryck training today. We have to asses our next 24 hours and make a judgement on the team for Wednesday.”
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) February 4, 2019
Bitton has made a couple of substitute appearances recently and seems the most likely option to slot in alongside Jozo Simunovic in the centre of defence.
Hendry was a loan target for a number of clubs but hasn’t played in any sort of match over the last two months and is likely to be on the bench for Wednesday’s match against Hibs.
Having re-established their six point lead at the top of the table a win against the Edinburgh side is essential on Wednesday night as the second and third placed sides clah at Pittodrie.