Mystery over Celtic’s Champions League squad
Soccer Football - Champions League - Group F - Celtic v RB Leipzig - Celtic Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Britain - October 11, 2022 Celtic players pose for a team group photo before the match REUTERS/Russell Cheyne
Two days after the deadline there is still no sign of Celtic’s Champions League squad appearing on the UEFA website.
Following the September 1 Transfer Deadline in most UEFA countries clubs had a little extra time to put together their 25 man squad for the six matches in the group stage of the Champions League.
No explanation has been offered for the delay in publishing the squad, Video Celts understands that Celtic submitted their squad on schedule on Monday.
With four club trained players required and four from other Scottish clubs quite a few foreign imports are due to miss out. Basically only 17 non-Scots can be named.
Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Tony Ralston and Stephen Welsh came through the ranks but the Scottish trained list is a bit of a stretch with Greg Taylor and David Turnbull making it with Scott Bain and possibly James McCarthy still required a year after his last competitive appearance.
1. Euro squad stuff.
Celtic have until 11pm on Monday night to submit our squad list for the CL group stage.
Normally it’s pretty straightforward. But this year we have some decisions to make, and a lot will depend on the injury situation with certain players.
— Moravcik67 (@Moravcik67_) September 2, 2023
10. Based on replies so far, there’s something of a concensus to leave out
Siegrest
Scales
Kobayashi
Kwon
Tillio
IwataI’d be surprised if we leave Siegrest out, as it would mean our third keeper would be a youngster on List B. Not sure we’d take that risk.
— Moravcik67 (@Moravcik67_) September 2, 2023
Injuries in central defence are an issue with Liam Scales, Gustaf Lagerbielke and Nat Phillips available for the opening matches with Cameron Carter-Vickers, Maik Nawrocki and Welsh expected to be available for the closing fixtures.
There are bound to be a few big name omissions but fans will be kept in the dark until UEFA decide to reveal the squad.
Manchester City have announced their squad but nothing has been published by UEFA.
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