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‘Need to get a right back’ ‘Will take that’ Celtic fans react to Champions League draw

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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.

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