Derek McInnes Drops Major Update Right Before Celtic Face Rangers
Ahead of the upcoming Glasgow Derby, Rangers manager Derek McInnes has provided an uncertain update regarding the fitness of player Ryan Naderi. Celtic enters the match under pressure following recent losses in both domestic and European competitions.
Why it matters
The Glasgow Derby is a high-profile sporting event with significant cultural and competitive importance in Scottish football.
It might take a Herculean effort from Celtic to turn things around against the Rangers this weekend. While their winning a Glasgow Derby in their own backyard is not going to be a rare feat in itself, and has happened plenty of times, the context is key in this situation.
This is a Celtic team that has never seemed to recover from that 5-1 defeat at the hands of LASK to be knocked out of Champions League qualifiers again.
The past week has been even more worrying in some ways. While one could have written off the loss to LASK as a bad day at the office, Celtic have lost twice over the past week.
The first came at Ibrox against the Rangers. The second came at home, against Ferencvaros, in the Europa League opener .
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