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title: "Celtic: Hoops not happy at Liam Scales treatment"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-hoops-not-happy-at-liam-scales-treatment/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2021-10-15T18:40:45Z"
modified: "2021-10-15T18:40:45Z"
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# Celtic: Hoops not happy at Liam Scales treatment

**Celtic chiefs have been left unimpressed at the Republic of Ireland’s treatment of Hoops defender Liam Scales, according to [Extra.ie](https://extra.ie/2021/10/14/sport/soccernews/stephen-kenny-new-ireland-contract).**

### The Lowdown: Scales’ international break

Scales was a late inclusion in Stephen Kenny’s squad for a World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan and a friendly with Qatar after [replacing](https://twitter.com/FAIreland/status/1446067782282465280) Swansea City’s Ryan Manning who withdrew through injury.

Ireland won [both](https://www.skysports.com/football/teams/republic-of-ireland/results) games without conceding, however, Scales didn’t feature in either.

He made the [6,400-mile](https://www.67hailhail.com/news/celtic-defender-liam-scales-left-out-of-roi-squad-despite-6000-mile-round-trip/) round-trip from Dublin to Baku for the meeting with Azerbaijan but was left out of the squad and also didn’t make the team sheet at home to Qatar.

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### The Latest: Hoops not happy

[Extra.ie](https://extra.ie/2021/10/14/sport/soccernews/stephen-kenny-new-ireland-contract) shared a story on Thursday, looking at Kenny’s future as manager.

Towards the end of their report, they suggested that Celtic aren’t happy with the FAI with their treatment of Scales after not using him in a matchday squad following a late call-up.

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### The Verdict: Not ideal

Scales has made just [one](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liam-scales/leistungsdaten/spieler/439497) Celtic appearance following his [£540,000](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/celtic-glasgow/transfers/verein/371) move from Shamrock Rovers in the summer, so his international break appears to have been a waste of time.

He’s made a long journey to sit around and is still [awaiting](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/liam-scales/leistungsdaten/spieler/439497) his first cap for Ireland. It would’ve made more sense for Scales to have remained at Lennoxtown to work with Ange Postecoglou ahead of the first game back against Motherwell, which could have helped him force his way into the manager’s Parkhead plans.

***In other news: [BBC man thinks Ange will now axe big earner who’s been a regular after update from Celtic source.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-news/celtic-alan-hutton-tips-carl-starfelt-to-be-axed/)***