Celtic issue mixed injury update as Greg Taylor hammerblow follows escalating Cameron Carter Vickers hope

Brendan Rodgers will assess Cameron Carter-Vickers for Aberdeen as he ruled Greg Taylor out of the clash with Atalanta.

The Parkhead boss gave an update on two key defenders ahead of the Premiership clash with the Dons. Carter-Vickers is back in training after his toe issue, but Taylor is still absent and set to also miss Wednesday’s Champions League crunch tie in Italy. Rodgers said: “Cam has trained for the last few days, so we’ll just wait for a reaction after today [Friday] just to see if he’s going to be available. Greg is doing really well, but he won’t probably come back into the squad training until after the Atalanta game.”

Rodgers insists he’s not looking ahead to Bergamo as he assess the Carter-Vickers option for Aberdeen. He said: “No, just for tomorrow [Saturday]. Just look at that game first. 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 have 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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