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title: "Celtic: Carl Starfelt ruled out against Ferencvaros"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2021-11-04T14:17:23Z"
modified: "2021-11-04T14:17:23Z"
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# Celtic: Carl Starfelt ruled out against Ferencvaros

**Celtic will be without centre-back Carl Starfelt for their Europa League clash against Ferencvaros, [The Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-injury-latest-starfelt-rogic-25368316) report.**

### The Lowdown: Injury pile up…

Ange Postecoglou hasn’t had a great deal of luck when it comes to injuries in his first season in charge of the club.

At this moment in time, along with Starfelt, the likes of [Tom Rogic](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-match-reports/tom-rogic-celtic-injury-update-25330027), [Christopher Jullien](https://www.67hailhail.com/news/christopher-jullien-not-expected-to-be-available-for-celtic-until-late-november/), [Greg Taylor](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/greg-taylors-celtic-injury-timeframe-25031792) and [Karamoko Dembele](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/karamoko-dembele-reveals-celtic-injury-25270497) are all unavailable for first-team action.

Starfelt, who joined in a deal worth [£4.5m](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transfers/verein/371) over the summer, had been a [regular](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/carl-starfelt/leistungsdaten/spieler/258987) in recent weeks alongside [Cameron Carter-Vickers](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/cameron-carter-vickers/leistungsdaten/spieler/341049), however, he’ll now be missing until after the international break.

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### The Latest: Another one…

Starfelt went off with a hamstring issue in the 0-0 stalemate with Livingston last weekend.

Postecoglou has now confirmed prior to the Europa League group game that the 26-year-old, who he called [‘athletic’](https://www.celticfc.com/news/2021/july/Celtic-delighted-to-welcome-Swedish-defender-Carl-Starfelt/) will not feature against Ferencvaros or Dundee.

As reported by [The Daily Record](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-injury-latest-starfelt-rogic-25368316) on Wednesday, Postecoglou said:

> “We lost Carl Starfelt in the last game and similar sort of timeline to Tommy (Rogic) I guess.
>
> “We are hoping he will be back after the international break, but he will definitely miss these two games.”

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### The Verdict: Who will come in?

The good news is that Postecoglou will have a number of options to replace Starfelt in his [Europa League squad](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-squad-revealed-ferencvaros-carl-25374851).

[Osaze Urhoghide](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/osaze-urhoghide/leistungsdaten/spieler/491738) is still awaiting his Hoops debut, but you’d expect Stephen Welsh and Nir Bitton are the frontrunners to come into the side.

Welsh has made [10](https://www.transfermarkt.com/stephen-welsh/leistungsdaten/spieler/403568) appearances so far this season, whereas [Bitton](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/nir-bitton/leistungsdaten/spieler/129788) has also filled in when needed.

Teenager Dane Murray also has European [experience](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dane-murray/leistungsdaten/spieler/662932) under Postecoglou during the current campaign, so it’ll be interesting to see who comes in.

***In other news: [Devlin’s Celtic revelation on Jota, Juranovic & Kyogo before Ferencvaros.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-news/celtic-devlins-jota-juranovic-furuhashi-revelation/)***