Celtic star confirmed available vs Hearts in massive boost
Celtic have won all three of their league games this season till now and turned on the style against Kilmarnock, getting a 5-0 win away from home, with five different goal scorers as well. Thus, it is safe to say that things are looking up for Ange Postecoglou’s side but at the same time, they have tougher tests ahead which they must be prepared for.
The next game against Hearts could be one of them, a team who did manage to give Celtic problems last season. Thus, the Hoops must be keen to get all three points from this encounter.
The club have been handed a major boost heading into the game as well, as Reo Hatate is back available for selection. He missed the previous two games, against Ross County and Kilmarnock, as a result of knocks picked up vs Aberdeen.
As reported by Football Scotland, Postecoglou said about the Japanese star ahead of the game:
"“He’s (Hatate) good. He’s trained all week and he’s fine, he’s available.“As I said last week, he did a bit of work but we just felt with the game being on the artificial it wasn’t wise to bring him back so he’s good and available.“Everyone else from last week is also all clear.”"
Celtic star back available vs Hearts in massive boost for the Hoops
Hatate has played some fantastic football recently and if he can continue to perform like that, he could end this campaign as one of the best players in the Scottish league.
There is very little doubt about the ability of the Japanese star. The problem with him has been his fitness. It was towards the end of last season and has been the case this time around as well. Thus, it will be very interesting to see if things improve from here or not in that regard.
Celtic could be on the verge of improving their ranks in the middle of the park as well, as it looks like they are closing in on signing Sead Haksabanovic from Rubin Kazan in a cut-price deal. Let’s see if that deals goes through soon or not.