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title: "Celtic: David Turnbull becomes Hoops’ latest injury victim"
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author: "Charlie Smith"
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published: "2021-12-21T11:05:01Z"
modified: "2021-12-21T11:05:01Z"
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# Celtic: David Turnbull becomes Hoops’ latest injury victim

**Celtic midfielder David Turnbull is the latest player to suffer a muscular injury, with Ange Postecoglou believing that it is down to the number of games the Hoops are playing, as per [Football Scotland](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/david-turnbull-injury-extent-laid-22514131).**

### The Lowdown: Ange’s first trophy

Postecoglou won his first trophy as Celtic boss on Sunday after an entertaining [2-1](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59705941) win over Hibernian in the Scottish League Cup final. Kyogo Furuhashi made a return from injury and was the hero for the Hoops, scoring both goals after Paul Hanlon opened the scoring for Hibs.

[Celtic updates!](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/web-stories/celtic-updates-19/)

Celtic were without the likes of Albian Ajeti, Karamoko Dembele, Giorgos Giakoumakis, Jota and Christopher Jullien for the final [due to injury](https://www.67hailhail.com/news/ange-postecoglou-delivers-hopeful-celtic-injury-update-ahead-of-final/), and it now seems as if Turnbull could join them in the treatment room.

### The Latest: Hamstring injury

Celtic have had a [number](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-10302921/KRIS-COMMONS-Celtic-injuries-mean-Postecoglou-fighting-title-hand-back.html) of their attacking players sidelined in recent weeks, especially due to [hamstring](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/david-turnbull-injury-extent-laid-22514131) problems, with Turnbull even occupying a [centre-forward](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/david-turnbull/leistungsdaten/spieler/345760) role against Motherwell earlier this month.

He hobbled off with a hamstring problem in the first half at Hampden Park and was replaced by Nir Bitton, with [Football Scotland](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/david-turnbull-injury-extent-laid-22514131) sharing Postecoglou’s comments regarding Turnbull after the game.

The Hoops manager fumed: “David suffered from the amount of games we are playing at the moment. We are suffering because of that.

“We have not been able to rotate the squad a lot and that is hurting us at the moment, picking up these injuries. We will just see how he is.”

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### The Verdict: Doubt for St Mirren…

You’d expect that Turnbull, who Postecoglou has called [‘outstanding’](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/sky-st-mirren-motherwell-scotland-david-b1906588.html), will now be a doubt for Celtic’s trip to St Mirren tomorrow night and could miss his [first](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/david-turnbull/leistungsdaten/spieler/345760) game of the season.

They won’t want to take any risks on the attacking midfielder as he has been so influential this season, contributing to [16](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/david-turnbull/leistungsdaten/spieler/345760) goals and playing in a variety of different positions.

The Hoops have had just 72 hours to prepare for the St Mirren clash, so it could be a wise decision to leave Turnbull out for that game and look to use him for the [three](https://www.celticfc.com/fixtures/) remaining fixtures before the winter break, should his injury not prove to be too serious.

***In other news: [Nicholson makes Celtic move on the day of Hampden Park final to sign speedster with ‘great feet’.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-news/celtic-hoops-keen-on-callum-styles/)***