Celtic are hopeful Callum McGregor’ s facial injury may not be as bad as first feared. Record Sport understands the Parkhead skipper believes the head knock he picked up during Saturday’s 2-1 Scottish Cup win over Alloa is less serious than boss Ange Postecoglou initially suspected immediately after the fourth-round clash.
And the Celtic manager dropped a cryptic hint his skipper may not be sidelined for up to two months after all. But Postecoglou warned that Yosuke Ideguchi faces a spell out following the painful injury the Japanese midfielder also suffered in the win at Alloa.
McGregor suffered concussion after the collision with Adam King, meaning the Scotland star is unlikely to make tomorrow’s trip to face Hearts or Saturday’s visit from Dundee United.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Celtic Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.And he will still be regarded as a major doubt for next week’s Old Firm derby.
But Celtic’s medical team are optimistic McGregor will be back in action quicker than expected.Postecoglou told the club’s in-house media platform yesterday: “I think he’s better today.
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