Ange Postecoglou admits his Celtic squad is creaking under the strain of a fixture pile-up after star winger Jota became the latest player to limp into the treatment room.
Jota missed training at Lennoxtown on Monday with a ‘muscle strain’ and ‘fatigue’, ahead of the Champions League showdown with RB Leipzig. And Postecoglou admits he’s bracing himself for more casualties as his side faces a hectic schedule as the clock ticks down to the World Cup Finals next month.
Asked if the workload has become too heavy for his side the Aussie said: “It is. We have 13 games in 44 days and you look at the level of games you have got to play. We played Wednesday night in Leipzig, we got home on Thursday at 3am and we played at lunchtime on Saturday. The players had just recovered from that trip and they are playing again tomorrow night and then on Sunday night.
