The 3 Celtic outcasts who are not built the same as cruel Gustaf Lagerbielke reality bites on pariah posse tour

One of Frank Sinatra's most famous lyrics tells the tale of soaring high before being brought back to earth.

'Riding high in April, shot down in May', croons the legendary singer on 'That's Life' and if you change the months from October to November then you encapsulates the situation Gustaf Lagerbielke finds himself in at Celtic. The towering defender scored for Sweden last month against Moldova and found himself on tour with the Celtic reserves in Dundee for Cammy Kerr's testimonial while his national team were suffering humiliation away to Azerbaijan.

The £3million signing from Elfsborg, who this week was named the Swedish league's defender of the season, hasn't played for the Premiership champions since their 2-1 win over Motherwell on Saturday, September 30. And he found himself heading to the City of Discovery with a host of B Team and fringe first-teamers while his international pals were suffering a disaster in Baku.

Lagerbielke has shown glimpses of his talent in green and white but has also proved he has ways to go. Cyriel Dessers was adjudged by VAR to have fouled the defender for the infamous no goal in the clash with Rangers but his dallying on the ball almost caused mayhem. And then he was sent off against Feyenoord.

Stephen Welsh was among those who featured in the 1-0 defeat as Kerr himself scored a last-gasp penalty and the former Scotland U21 will be aiming to leapfrog Lagerbielke for game time now he has returned from injury. Breakout star Liam Scales has nailed down a starting berth next to Cameron Carter-Vickers with £4.2m Maik Nawocki on the comeback trail and loanee Nat Phillips earning a place on the bench ahead of Lagerbielke in recent weeks.

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