Cameron Carter-Vickers OUT of Celtic's clash with Atalanta as defender fails to travel for Champions League showdown

Celtic are set to go without Cameron Carter-Vickers for their massive Champions League clash with Atalanta .

The American has been a massive miss for the Scottish Premiership champions having not made an appearance for the club since their league phase opener against Slovan Bratislava. The absence of the key centre-back at the heart of Brendan Rodgers' defence was felt during their hammering at the hands of Borussia Dortmund on matchday two - and hopes were raised for a return to the against the Celtic squad against the Europa League winners.

Ahead of the clash in Bergamo, he was snapped training with his Celtic teammates this morning. However, The Daily Mail suggest that the defender was not on the flight to Italy this afternoon and will now miss out on the clash. Speaking before the 2-2 draw with Aberdeen last weekend, Rodgers said: "I think what we’re conscious of with Cam is 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 the time, it could’ve been anywhere between two and three months, but it’s just not wanting to push him back in too early, which might then set him back, so he’s doing really, really well. He still has a discomfort there, not as bad as what it was for the Bratislava game, but 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.”

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