The ins and outs of Celtic’s Champions League squad

Ben Siegrist, Alexandro Bernabei, Maik Nawrocki and James McCarthy are the big names to miss out on Celtic’s Champions League squad with summer signings Marco Tilio and Kwon Hyeuk-kyu also omitted.

Nawrocki will be more concerned about regaining his fitness after injuring a hamstring on his third appearance but it looks like the end of the Celtic road for Bernabei and Siegrist while McCarthy’s future appears to be a mystery.

All three of the players signed in the last week of the transfer window- Luis Palma, Nat Phillips and Paulo Bernardo- are included with today’s UEFA announcement the first sign of how the squad is shaping up under Brendan Rodgers.

Going with two goalkeepers shouldn’t be too much of a risk over six matches while the injury issues in central defence has probably meant that Bernabei misses out with Liam Scales doubling up as a central defender and left-back.

It looks like Rodgers will have to go with Gustaf Lagerbielke, Phillips and Scales for the first two matches, away to Feyenoord then at home to Lazio.

CELTIC SQUAD

Hart, Bain,

Carter-Vickers, Taylor, Welsh, Lagerbielke, Scales, Phillips, Ralston, Johnston,

Iwata, O’Riley, McGregor, Bernardo, Turnbull, Hatate, Holm, Yang,

Palma, Forrest, Johnston, Maeda, Kyogo, Oh, Abada

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