Opinion: Celtic future of former mainstay is currently unclear

The future of Celtic centre-half Christopher Jullien is something that is worth discussing. The Frenchman returned from injury against Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup last month.

That was a day of celebration for the player, as he had been out of action for over a year, after suffering a knee injury against Dundee United in December 2020.

Interestingly though, he hasn’t featured again for the Hoops since then, not even in games where Celtic have a comfortable lead and could afford to make changes.

Jullien has not even featured on the bench for Celtic in recent weeks, he made his last appearance in the squad over a month ago against Dundee.

With that in mind, it seems that his future at the club seems to be a bit up in the air. As it stands, he seems far away from a first-team spot, and even players who aren’t first-team regulars like Stephen Welsh and Nir Bitton are ahead of him in the centre-back pecking order, as well as the regular starters Carl Starfelt and Cameron Carter-Vickers.

The 29-year-old’s contract situation is certainly something to watch out for. Hid deal expires at the end of next season, and at the moment, whilst Jullien struggles to make the first-team squad the chances of him signing a new deal look remote.

That could depend on what happens with Cameron Carter-Vickers, whose loan is up at the end of the season, but you have to imagine that Celtic will look to sign at least one centre-back this summer.

Jullien was a bit unlucky to suffer the knee injury, as it wasn’t the sort of injury players usually pick up on the pitch. He collided with the post clearing a ball off the goal line, which is something you don’t see in football every day.

That injury has prevented the player from being a mainstay in the