Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou is confident Carl Starfelt will be fit for their Premiership opener with Aberdeen at the end of the month, writes Scott Burns in Austria.
The Swedish international limped out of last month’s Nations League match against Slovenia with a hamstring injury. Postecoglou won’t be taking any chances with his central defender in pre-season because he wants to make sure he is fit and ready for when the competitive action starts - with Celtic ’s flag day against the Dons.
Postecoglou confirmed: “Carl’s the one who will probably miss a lot of this pre-season but we’re pretty confident we’ll have him back for the start of the season.” It leaves Celtic a bit short of experienced central defensive options for the remainder of their pre-season fixture list. Christopher Jullien is currently filling that void although his Celtic future remains up in the air. The Frenchman wants to play and saw a move to German side Schalke collapse last week. Postecoglou insisted it is very much down to the player to decide if he wants to stay or go.
