James Sands and Cameron Carter-Vickers will both be available for Celtic vs Rangers next month after being left out of the U.S squad for their upcoming qualifiers.
The USMNT face crucial ties against El Salvador, Canada and Honduras as they look to seal their place at World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
After the Premiership winter break was moved though those matches overlap with domestic games, and under FIFA rules international football takes precedence.
That left Ange Postecoglou facing the nightmare scenario of being without stalwart Carter-Vickers, with Celtic already sweating over the availability of Reo Hatate, Yosuke Ideguchi and Daizen Maeda, as well as the injured Kyogo Furuhashi.
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