Forgotten man Yosuke Ideguchi has been left out of Celtic ’s Champions League squad. The Premiership champions kick-off Group F at home to Spanish champions Real Madrid on Tuesday night, hot on the heels of crushing Rangers in Saturday’s first Old Firm derby of the season at Parkhead.
Now attention turns to Carlo Ancelotti and his stars as group stage football returns to the east end of Glasgow in Europe’s premier competition.
Ange Postecoglou has named his 25-man squad that will be tasked with reaching the knock-out rounds over the next three months.
New boy Oliver Abildgaard is in, alongside fellow recent signing Sead Haksabanovic. But there’s no place for Ideguchi. UEFA rules dictate that eight spots in the squad must go to ‘locally trained players.’ Should clubs not have enough players to meet this quota, then the size of squad is reduced accordingly.