7 Celtic squad options to replace Daizen Maeda as Brendan Rodgers gets creative to solve latest injury dilemma

It's been a season for injury setbacks and the latest for Celtic will see them without Daizen Maeda until Christmastime.

Brendan Rodgers thought he'd seen the worst of it early in the season but just as his defensive crisis begins to ease, he's been dealt two major blows further up the pitch. Reo Hatate is out for the year and Rodgers is now without ever-present winger Maeda who faces a six-week spell on the sidelines.

It's hoped he'll be back to face Rangers on December 30 but there are plenty of points to be won both domestically and in Europe between now and then. During his first spell in charge, the boss bemoaned a squad that had too many wingers, but this time out he might be happy he's well-stocked in the wide areas as he has a few names he could call upon to step up and replace the man who has started all but two competitive games for him and featured in them all.

It looks as if Luis Palma will be the man deployed on the opposite flank for the most part but who will be joining the Honduran on the opposite side of Kyogo for the rest of the year? Record Sport takes a look at some of the conventional options, and a few of the left-field solutions.

The safe option and possibly the banker as far as Rodgers is concerned, Forrest has been Mr Dependable for Celtic over the years and he'll be desperate to step into the breach with Maeda on the sidelines. He went from barely featuring under Ange Postecoglou to featuring regularly with Rodgers back, even if most of his appearances have been off the bench.

Of the obvious wide options, Forrest is the man with the momentum. His goal against Ross County made it FIFTEEN consecutive seasons he's scored in for Celtic and he'll now be considered for a run of starts. Could he be