Neil Lennon had the news that all Celtic fans have been waiting for ahead of Sunday’s derby clash- Kieran Tierney is looking OK for the game.
The defender recently returned from more than two months out of action due to a pelvic issue but missed out on Scotland’s recent double header with Kazakhstan and San Marino.
A fully fit Tierney makes a massive difference to the Celtic side with Lennon confident that #63 will be in his usual place on Sunday.
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The Scottish boys seem OK, Kieran obviously, we are going to assess him over the next couple of days to see how he is but he is looking OK regarding the weekend.
James has a little bit of a muscle strain but we’re hoping that he will train on Friday and Saturday. Callum, Oliver and Scott are all fine.
In terms of the rest of them Mikael Lustig took a dead leg so again that is going to take a bit of time so we don’t know how he is going to be.
Bayo got a groin strain so he is being assessed but Kris Ajer came through two games OK so it’s eachy-peachy, a couple of niggles here and there but nothing too serious.
Lennon added: “Olivier is back training day in day out, Tom Rogic is back on the grass. He’s had a couple of good days training so both of them should be in contention for the squad at the weekend which is great.”
Filip Benkovic didn’t rate a mention in the fitness bulletin which would suggest that the on loan defender is fit to start Sunday’s match.
After a six week absence he played for the last 20 minutes in the 1-0 win over Dundee and completed 45 minutes of last week’s bounce match against Morton.
Lennon’s side will start to take shape at tomorrow’s training at Lennoxtown knowing that a win on Sunday will create a 13 point lead at the top of the table with 21 points left to play for.
