In Celtic’s 2-1 victory against Hibs on Wednesday, the defender was stretchered off. Cameron Carter-Vickers will also miss Sunday’s Scottish Cup fifth-round match away to St Mirren, which kicks off at 2 p.m.
While they await a complete diagnosis, Celtic believes Alistair Johnston may have broken a bone.
The right-back was rushed to the hospital after being involved in an aerial challenge against Hibernian, and as a result, he will miss Sunday’s Scottish Cup fifth-round match against St Mirren in Paisley.
“We are just waiting on the results of a scan,” boss Brendan Rodgers said. “He won’t be available for the weekend. We think he has a slight fracture on the side of the head. We don’t know [how long he will be out], we are just waiting to see.” Celtic have further reinforcements after the reintroduction of Daizen Maeda at Easter Road, with South Korea pair Hyeon-gyu Oh and Hyun-jun Yang back from Asian Cup duty following their country’s semi-final defeat by Jordon.
Yang came off the bench in Tuesday’s game in Qatar while Oh was an unused sub Rodgers said: “They have been away for a period of time but they look fit and well and trained really well earlier.” Greg Taylor remains a doubt after missing three games with a calf injury. Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has his say following suggestions that football might introduce a sin-bin system in the professional game “He is very close,” Rodgers said. “I’m not sure he will make the weekend but if not he should be available for the following weekend.” Cameron Carter-Vickers is back out on the training pitch following his latest hamstring problem but will not be ready for the weekend.
