Ange Postecoglou doesn’t know whether James Forrest and/or Kyogo Furuhashi will be available for Sunday’s League Cup Final.
Liel Abada was the only recognised forward in the starting XI at Ross County on Wednesday night with Owen Moffat coming off the bench to make his debut.
It is unusual that injuries are concentrated on one area of the team with Mikey Johnston, Giorgos Giakoumakis, Albian Ajeti and Jota also out of contention.
? “I can’t really make a call on any of them being available or unavailable at this stage”.
Ange Postecoglou says it’s too early to tell whether Kyogo or James Forrest will be available for the League Cup final. pic.twitter.com/bcp4Nd1st3
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? Ange Postecoglou says he’s unable to make a call yet on whether Kyogo or James Forrest will feature in the League Cup final. pic.twitter.com/N6f3bPfd6X
— Andrew Maclean (@AndrewMaclean_) December 17, 2021
Kyogo has missed Celtic’s last two matches with no definite line coming out about the condition of the hamstring injury he suffered against Real Betis.
Forrest has been used sparingly in recent weeks but only lasted 45 minutes away to Dundee United then 20 minutes at home to Motherwell before being substituted.
With five substitutes allowed in the League Cup Postecoglou has a little more scope to experiment but a further set-back to Forrest or Kyogo could result in a longer term absence.
If Ange wins anything this season he deserve our praise after the sh1ishow
he’s had to put up with.