Brendan Rodgers admits Celtic crock has been ‘a big miss’ as he offers triple injury update

Brendan Rodgers admits he is counting down the days until Greg Taylor is lower back in action after admitting Celtic have overlooked the left-back.

Taylor, 26, has overlooked the closing four games after struggling a groin strain in the 5-0 Scottish Cup win over Buckie Thistle ultimate month. Argentine defender Alexandro Bernabei has been added out of the cold in his absence however Rodgers confessed Taylor affords the Hoops a different dimension.

Stopper Cameron Carter-Vickers is additionally on the sidelines but is not going to be available till the start of March after an injury-plagued campaign. Speaking after yesterday’s 2-0 win over St Mirren, Rodgers instructed Viaplay: “Greg Taylor has been a huge omit for us.

“Someone like Greg it’s only when he’s out of the crew that you see what he brings. His brightness, his cleverness, his approach his physicality in terms of his going for walks and into the right areas. He’s back training, and he’ll be available for next weekend.

“Carter-Vickers won’t be too long. Again, he’s out on the pitch however it’s been a challenging yr for him. He’s had the operation and you know it’s like, from that there, he’s had rumblings there and he’s maybe even taken this complete 12 months to get over that and then have a exact preseason however he’s back on the pitch and with a bit of luck in the subsequent few weeks he’ll be okay.”

Meanwhile Rodgers is anticipating in addition medical advice on Alistair Johnston after the right-back suffered a fractured cranium in the midweek win at Easter Road. He added: “We’re simply waiting to see again on him. A mild fracture on the side. But it ought to be 10 days to four weeks. We’ll just have to wait and see.”