What on earth has happened to Celtic?
Over the last decade, they have been the dominant force in Scottish football. They have swept teams away with ease and battered their rivals Rangers.
Yet, in 2020/21, nothing has gone according to plan.
Neil Lennon’s side have won just two of their last ten outings and after an embarrassing defeat to Ross County, he is now feeling the pressure more than ever.
Therefore, a game against Italian giants AC Milan has come at exactly the wrong time for the Hoops.
Celtic face them in the Europa League on Thursday night, a competition they’ve already been knocked out of. Though, who can we expect to play?
Well, we’re tipping three changes to be made.
In goal, we think that Vasilis Barkas will continue ahead of Scott Bain despite shipping two in the cup last weekend.
Lennon decided to switch things up and with a 3-5-2 formation, something we reckon he’ll continue to test versus Milan.
That means that Diego Laxalt and Jeremie Frimpong will play as the wing-backs. Frimpong missed out through suspension against Ross County but because of his athletic qualities, we think he’ll come back into the side.
Shane Duffy and Christopher Jullien are doubts so the defence comprises of Kristoffer Ajer, Nir Bitton and Hatem Elhamed.
The biggest change is no Scott Brown. At the age of 35 and in poor form, he could probably do with a rest in the middle of the park. Thus, a dynamic triumvirate will operate in those areas. Olivier Ntcham has the capabilities to act as the box-to-box midfielder so they shouldn’t lose any defensive attributes by leaving Brown on the bench.
A final change is up front where we’re suggesting that Patryk Klimala partners Odsonne Edouard in the attack.
Albian Ajeti extended his run without a goal to nine games last weekend so should have to settle for a place among the substitutes. Klimala deserves his chance.
In other news, Celtic missed the chance to sign their next Arzani…