A picture has emerged of Daizen Maeda on crutches following the win over Hearts on Wednesday night.
Five minutes after scoring past Zander Clark the Japanese forward had to be replaced by Jota.
Wearing a moon-boot or similar is fairly common to immobilise an injury but with just two and a half days between two matches against Hearts there isn’t much time for Maeda to make a recovery.
Daizen Maeda facing Celtic injury blow as he’s spotted leaving Parkhead on crutches
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The former Yokohama F Marinos striker has scored in his last two matches against Hearts and has been a very regular starter since the turn of the year.
Liel Abada and Sead Haksabanovic have been important parts of the Celtic squad but with James Forrest also out injured Ange Postecoglou could go to Tynecastle with just three wingers.
Greg Taylor missed Wednesday’s win over Hearts but is expected to be available tomorrow, this afternoon Ange Postecoglou will provide an injury update in his pre-match media conference.
