Reo Hatate pictured back in full action

Reo Hatate appeared to play a full part in training today as the full Celtic squad returned to Lennoxtown.

The midfielder played in every single match last season up until the penultimate SPFL Premiership fixture at Pittodrie when he was on the receiving end of a brutal foul from Pape Gueye.

Instantly it looked bad, the Dons forward followed through making contact on Hatate’s leg from the knee downwards.

After the match the midfielder was ruled out for the rest of the season which only amounted to 10 days, of more concern was if the injury was going to eat into the 25/26 season.

With Jota out until much later this year Celtic were suddenly without their two most creative influences, midfield options were reduced from five to four.

Before heading over to Ireland, #CelticFC were hard at work on the training pitch at Lennoxtown ahead of their #CorkSuperCup match against Cork City tomorrow night at the SuperValu Pairc Ui Chaoimh (KO: 6pm) ?

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The SNS agency were given fill access to training at Lennoxtown allowing fans to check on who is there and who is missing.

Cameron Carter-Vickers is apparently working indoors in the gym but one image showed Hatate in a typical pose, shielding the ball from Ben McPherson.

Celtic face Cork City tomorrow night with the prospect of Hatate, Daizen Maeda and Ben Nygren being involved.

Marco Tilio and Kwon Hyeok-kyu were also pictured but face an uphill task trying to find their way into the squad with a combined 28 minutes playing time for Celtic over the last two seasons.

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