It’s claimed the centre-back has not headed to Italy with his team-mates for the league phase match despite returning to training at Lennoxtown.
Reports earlier on Tuesday had stated Carter-Vickers was back involved in first-team training after a period on the sidelines a recent press conference this month, Rodgers said of Carter-Vickers: “I think what we’re conscious of with Cam is that he had a wee bit last season where he was in and out.
“Even though it’s a totally different injury this time it’s one where we were told at that time it could have been anywhere between two and three months but we’re just not wanting to push him back in too early which might then set him back. So he’s doing really well.
“He still has discomfort there. It’s not as bad as it was for the Bratislava game. We don’t think he’s too far away from being where he wants to be.
“So we’re just trying to manage that and just react to each day he trains to see what the after-effects are.”Callum McGregor is tired of facing the music. Tired of promising to learn valuable lessons and be better next time.
So far as the skipper is concerned, it’s not enough to talk the talk. At some point, a Celtic team with any aspirations of reaching the knockout stage of the Champions League needs to stand on its own two feet.
If they carry on losing six and seven goals at this level, words become nothing more than white noise.
‘Everyone talks and talks and talks and everybody loves it,’ said McGregor. ‘But, ultimately, the game is played on the grass and we can only get away with so much talking. You have to back it up at some point.
‘We started the competition really well and then took a sore one in Germany. But, probably, the reaction to that game was based on how good we had been
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