Ange Postecoglou has ruled Jota out of Celtic’s “must-win” Champions League showdown against Shakhtar Donetsk at Parkhead but says the Portuguese star should be back in contention for the weekend trip to Livingston.
Swedish stopper Carl Starfelt also won’t feature against the Ukrainians at Parkhead in the Scottish champions penultimate Group F fixture. Celtic are already out of European football’s premier competition but have a slim chance of dropping into the Europa League by finishing third.
However, they need to get their first victory of the group campaign with Celtic currently sitting bottom of the section with just one point which was picked up from their 1-1 draw against Shakhtar Donetsk in Poland. But they will have to do it without Jota, named in Portugal’s provisional World Cup squad, who has been missing since coming off at half-time in the win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park earlier this month.
