Celtic have been handed a major injury worry after the news that former Ireland international Roy Keane limped out of training yesterday.
Manager Gordon Strachan was already facing a defensive crisis, with the former Manchester United skipper set to continue in the back four while Stephen McManus is suspended, Bobo Balde is on international duty and Du Wei has departed.
That could leave the Bank of Scotland Premier League leaders with the daunting prospect of going to Motherwell tomorrow with Adam Virgo the only available central defender.
Keane is a serious doubt after he pulled up at Barrowfield, leaving Strachan with a major headache.
Asked if he had a problem with Keane, the Celtic manager said: "Roy hasn't given me a problem. He's not bad. We'll see how he is. I don't know if he'll be alright. I hope he is. We will still have a decent team. We'll get on with it."
Elsewhere, John Kennedy is still some way off a return, with almost-forgotten Stanislav Varga short of match fitness. According to Strachan the Slovakian international is also suffering from an abscess in his mouth.
"Big Stephen is suspended, Bobo is obviously missing and Du Wei is away. But we managed without three strikers for most of the season, so I hope we can manage without three centre-halves."
