Nir Bitton

CELTIC Football Club can confirm that Nir Bitton has returned a positive COVID-19 test yesterday while on international duty.

We send our sincere best wishes to Nir and any other players or staff affected within the Israel squad. We are in constant dialogue with Nir and look forward to him returning safely to the Celtic squad as soon as possible.

Clearly, recent events during this international period are very concerning and frustrating. We have worked tirelessly to ensure a safe and secure working environment and since testing has begun our players and medical staff have done a brilliant job in very difficult circumstances.

Although we will never be complacent, throughout our own Club testing programme, our squad has returned around 2,000 individual negative tests since the outbreak of the pandemic, with not one positive test.

The current situation has presented huge challenges for all within football and wider society which we do not underestimate in any way.

While we apportion no blame whatsoever to anyone, this is now a very difficult position for us and, clearly, for all other clubs. Like all other clubs, we must do all we can to protect our squad and limit the very clear and obvious risks to players.

Under FIFA regulations, clubs are obliged to release players for international duty.

We will be maintaining close contact with international associations in order to ensure everything possible is being done with regards to the care and protection of our players. The priority must be the safety of our players at all times.

For clarification, all members of the Celtic squad who continue to train at Lennoxtown during this period have again ALL returned negative tests yesterday.

 

No team for the Hun game.... Elhamed next.

 

This is incredible. At least we're getting our Covid hit now and not during the business end of the season.

 

Fs , cant afford anyone else missing , wont be able to fill the subs bench !

 

FFS CELTIC FUKING GET THEM ALL BACK NOW AND TELL THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATIONS TO GTF!!!

 

He shouldn't even have been called up, * idiots.

 

To repeat what I said when Edouard's test came back, it is a farce that International Football is happening right now.

We should be doing the same as Salzburg have done and refused to let our players go for their International teams.

They caned the Aberdeen players for going to the pub and Bolingoli for hopping on a flight to Spain but how is that any more dangerous than joining up with people from all different countries, who have all flew to meet up, to then fly out again to other countries against other teams doing the same. The risks are amplified several times over.

Bin this * now.

 

Jesus suffering *!!!!

 

We better no allow a single player to play at the next break if they * UEFA don’t cancel it

 

That’s a blow, for me that’s our second starter against the zombies been ruled out. After Christie mid week.

 

* uefa and * fifa

 

Bitton already said yesterday cause he played for Israel he was most likely out the game anyway

 

This season could be called at any time - this IS the business end!

 

I'd already written him off for the Zombie slaying.

 

Regardless of whether Bitton would've played or not, we've lost 3 players this week and we've another week of * internationals to go before the zombies game. How many more are gonna get this?

 

Lenny will be raging.

 

This is what I’m worried about , we can’t afford to lose many more , especially calmac

 

He wouldnt have been fit to play anyway


Stupid internationals

 

Fuxxake...., just... furfukknfuxxake !!!