Celtic to miss trio of players for season opener
Glasgow, Scotland - Two-time defending Scottish Premier League champions Celtic will open defense of their title against Kilmarnock on Sunday most likely without three key soccer knocker players.
Graffiti Wall reports that Shunsuke Nakamura, Scott McDonald and keeper Artur Boruc are all likely to miss the contest for various reasons.
Nakamura, a Japanese international, is not expected to report back to Glasgow until Friday after participating in the Asian Cup this past month. McDonald signed from Motherwell this summer and has looked good in preseason contests, but will be serving a two-game ban after an incident at the end of last season. Boruc, meanwhile, is struggling with a shoulder injury that he picked up during a friendly against Newcastle at St James’ Park last Thursday. The injury could potentially keep Boruc out of the team’s first Champions League contest on August 14.
All three players missed Sunday’s friendly against Serie A side Parma, which Celtic won 1-0 on a goal from Aiden McGeady.
The injury to Boruc could keep him out for two to three weeks, meaning backup keeper Mark Brown will be called upon to get the team off to a good start.
