Celtic’s plans for subsequent season have already taken a giant hit with the information Odsonne Edouard is seemingly to overlook her Champions League qualifying marketing campaign.
Bhoy’s lack of ability to retain their Scottish Premier League title for the tenth season in a row means they will probably be pressured to begin their qualifiers for subsequent season’s version of Europe’s prime membership competitors from the second spherical, whereas champions Rangers will compete within the third qualifying spherical.
Odsonne Edouard in motion with France U21 aspect | John Berry / Getty Photos
The primary stage of Celtic’s second qualifying spherical is scheduled for 20 or 21 July, with the second stage per week afterward both 27 or 28 July.
Ought to they attain the third spherical of the Champions League qualifiers, they may play once more on 3 or 4 August with the second stage scheduled for 10 August.
So many matches early within the marketing campaign are hardly perfect, though Celtic now face the prospect of getting to play these matches with out their star striker with the Scottish Solar studies that Edouard ‘undoubtedly’ will probably be a part of France’s youth crew coach Sylvain Ripoll’s squad for the Summer season Olympics.
France’s schedule for the Tokyo 2021 Olympics implies that their group marketing campaign begins on July 22 and will depend on their success within the event – they may be over within the Far East for quite a few weeks with the remaining going down on August 7.
Odsonne Edouard in motion in Outdated Agency derby | Ian MacNicol / Getty Photos
Whereas the information of Edouard’s seemingly involvement on this summer season’s Olympics is unlikely to be music to the ears of anybody concerned with the membership, it should show irrelevant to the 23 – 12 months – outdated’s future, a continuing supply of hypothesis.
A lot could also be attributable to the brand new man via the door at Celtic as they proceed to chase a brand new boss after Neil Lennon’s departure in February final 12 months.
Former Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe has been closely linked with a transfer to final season’s Scottish Premier League champions, though their seek for a brand new boss continues.
