Celtic will face CFR Cluj or Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the third qualifying round of the Champions League IF they get past Nomme Kalju in the second round.
With PAOK being drawn against Ajax and Red Star Belgrade avoided most Celtic fans were happy with the draw although there was a recurring theme in many replies to the draw announcement on the club twitter account- sign a right-back.
Despite losing Mikael Lustig, Cristian Gamboa and Jeremy Toljan during the summer the hoops have still to sign a right-back with Kris Ajer played out of position in both matches against FK Sarajevo.
Israeli defender Hatem Abd Elhamed appears to be on his way from Hapoel Be’er Sheva but is more used to playing in central defence than at right-back.
The loser of the Celtic/ Nomme Kalju match will face the winner of the Shkëndija (MKD) / Dudelange (LUX) match in the third qualifying round of the Europea League, Shkendija lost out to Nomme in the first round of the Champions League qualifying round.
???? If #CelticFC progress in the #UCL, they will face either CFR Cluj or Maccabi Tel-Aviv in the @ChampionsLeague Third Qualifying Round. pic.twitter.com/XThR3VW8VK
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) July 22, 2019
Great draw ???? if we go through ????????
— ???????? Cork_Bhoy_ ???????? (@Cork_Bhoy_) July 22, 2019
All I’m gonna say is well we need a experience RB in for this game for sure
— Kelly McGeachy (@kellybaby3) July 22, 2019
Sign some footballers Celtic ??????
— Muiry (@MuiryCeltic) July 22, 2019
Will take that, red star or paok would have been a nightmare
— Cammy Hutton (@fatpirlo) July 22, 2019
Sign the players we need and we’ll qualify for the CL. Stop fecking about we don’t need a repeat of last year.
— ????????????????????????????TOPPS???????? (@DuncanTopping) July 22, 2019
Could have been much worse. Need to get a right back in quickly though. Either of those teams will punish us if we’re not prepared.
— Murray (@DMMacdonald96) July 22, 2019
The third victims on route to Istanbul
— Daniel Gallagher (@_dgallagher99) July 22, 2019
— john macphee (@cfc96317967) July 22, 2019