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Lennon brings three in from the cold

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Craig Gordon, Christopher Jullien and Olivier Ntcham are all in line to be in the Celtic side that faces Nomme Kalje on Tuesday night.

Neil Lennon has left James Forrest and Callum McGregor at home and will rest a number of first picks thanks to the comfort of a 5-0 first leg lead.

Most eyes will be on Jullien who signed from Toulouse a month ago but with two more qualifying rounds to be negotiated the Celtic boss is looking to get as many as possible of his big hitters ready for the quest to reach the group stage.

It’s important they play and play well, whether that be for the short-term or the long-term going forward,” Lennon told The Sun. Some of them are itching to play. We’ve got Olivier Ntcham back as well now and he’ll be looking for game-time.

They are quality players, we’re talking about players like Craig Gordon here — Scotland’s No1 for a long time. It’s not as if we are taking the tie lightly, we’re just giving some good players who haven’t had the opportunity to play a chance to play.”

Marian Shved is included in the squad in Estonia but faces a tough task to break into the side with Mikey Johnston and Lewis Morgan impressing in the matches so far.

Good news for Celtic fans tonight is that the whole match from Tallin will be shown on CelticTV and will be available to subscribers in the UK and Ireland.

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