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Celtic defender Carl Starfelt has given the under-fire Hoops a lift by insisting he’s prepared for this weekend’s opening match of the brand new Scottish Premier League season after a spell in quarantine.
The Swedish centre-back needed to isolate following his transfer from Russian membership Rubin Kazan and can practice along with his new team-mates for the primary time on Friday.
In his absence, Celtic — the primary British workforce to win the then European Cup in 1967 — had teenager Dane Murray making his first begin alongside 21-year-old Stephen Welsh in central defence throughout a 2-1 loss away to Midtjylland on Wednesday that noticed the Glasgow giants knocked out within the Champions League qualifiers.
That match in Denmark went to extra-time, growing the probability that the 26-year-old will make his Celtic debut away to Edinburgh membership Hearts at Tynecastle on Saturday.
“I needed to be in quarantine for a time, so clearly it was very powerful to see the boys play and never to have the ability to practice with the workforce and assist the workforce, so I am very glad to be right here lastly and I can not wait to get began,” Starfelt informed Celtic TV.
“It will likely be good to fulfill the workforce and learn the way the workforce needs to play, to fulfill the coach and get into every little thing.
“If the coach needs to play me, I’ll, after all, play and provides 100%, in order that’s as much as coach whether or not I play or not. I have been coaching the previous few days and I really feel prepared.”
Celtic supervisor Ange Postecoglou seems to be firstly of a serious rebuild, with followers determined to see the membership regain the SPL title from arch-rivals Rangers.
Wednesday’s loss condemned Celtic to a Europa League qualifier towards Czech facet Jablonec, with recently-appointed Australian boss Postecoglou insisting: “I do not get to current inquests, I’ve simply acquired to get on with the job.
“Now we have an important sport on Saturday, we wish to begin our league marketing campaign in a powerful method.”
He added: “We’ll get some reinforcements in, which I believe will assist, as a result of the gamers labored awfully onerous. We might want to get a few recent legs in.
“All we will do is give attention to the following problem and the following problem is Saturday at Hearts.”
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