Injured Celtic defender drops strong hint over return to action

Julian Araujo appears to be on his way back to Celtic following treatment for a thigh injury.

The defender has missed Celtic’s last two matches through injury with fans concerned that he had returned to Bournemouth for treatment on a fairly minor injury.

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After Celtic’s defeat at Dundee United on Sunday Martin O’Neill was vague when asked about Araujo returning to action.

The modern way of things is to communicate on social media with an understanding of emojis essential.

Late this afternoon Araujo created a story on Instagram, the inclusion of an egg-timer suggests that a return to Celtic isn’t far away.

Araujo last played for Celtic in the Scottish Cup victory at Ibrox on March 8.

It was an eventful day for the Mexican who was swinging from the crossbar seconds after Tomas Cvancara converted the decisive penalty.

After that things became a bit lively with fans on the park and Araujo having an angry confrontation as he went down the tunnel.

There seemed no sign of injury at the time but after making just one appearance for Bournemouth the Mexican played in 13 matches for Celtic between January 3 and March 8.

With club football on hold this weekend Celtic fans are scanning around for news on their injured players.

Having Araujo on the team sheet away to Dundee on April 5 would be a welcome boost as Celtic look to hold on to a title challenge.

Colby Donovan has deputised for Araujo but suffered a knee injury during the 2-0 defeat away to Dundee United.

With Alistair Johnston also on the comeback trail the right-back position is something of a problem for Celtic at the moment.

There has been no comment from inside Celtic since Sunday’s defeat.

Arne Engels should be in contention for the match against Dundee but it seems like fans will need to check on Instagram for news on the Belgian midfielder.