Ange Postecoglou admits Cameron Carter-Vickers isn’t far away from being fit enough to face RB Leipzig. but the American will be assessed before the Hoops head to Germany.
The American missed Celtic' s 2-1 win over Motherwell at Parkhead as the ten-man Hoops recovered from Josip Juranovic’s own goal equaliser to return to the summit of the Premiership table. Kyogo Furuhashi had put them in front and compatriot Reo Hatate struck a brilliant second half winner to cancel out Juranovic’s error.
Carter-Vickers could feature against the Bundesliga outfit, but Postecoglou has one eye on future games and is reluctant to rush the central defender back to action for the Champions League encounter and risk losing him for further fixtures. We will see,” he replied when asked about the former Spurs man’s fitness.. “He got some treatment again and will get some on Sunday and we will see how he is Monday and Tuesday and make a decision.
