Alistair Johnston diagnosis deepens Celtic defensive crisis as Brendan Rodgers reveals Liel Abada plan
dailyrecord.co.ukBrendan Rodgers has been hit with another injury headache with fears Alistair Johnston could be out for weeks with a suspected cracked skull.
The Celtic defender was raced to hospital in Edinburgh on Wednesday after suffering a nasty head injury in the dramatic 2-1 win against Hibs.
Johnston is out of tomorrow’s Scottish Cup clash at St Mirren – along with Cameron Carter-Vickers, Greg Taylor and Reo Hatate – but the Hoops are sweating on the results of a scan to discover if the Canada star is facing a lengthy absence.Rodgers said: “He won’t be available for the weekend.
We think he has a slight fracture on the side of the head. Hopefully we’ll get the result from the scan. It just seems to be a season of continual issues especially around a lot of our starting players.
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