Next up for Elfsborg is a visit from Mjallby, the team not the defender, next Sunday but it seems likely that Lagerbiekle will be in Ayrshire as his new club take on Kilmarnock in the Viaplay Cup.
Clubs from Italy, Germany and Portugal have been linked with Welsh over the last couple of windows but Celtic’s asking price and conditions have put them off.
It is refreshing to see genuine comments from players rather than the usual bland reactions which tend to thank the fans, great win for the lads, tough place to go and we go again.
A very quick VAR review was carried out with Sky Sports listening in. One replay of the incident was shown with the message going out from Dallas that the ball struck him in the t-shirt area of the body.
There seemed to be a real lethargy about some of the early play, McGregor was losing his midfield battles while Taylor looked as if he had overdone it in the warm up.
Celtic have won by a single goal in their last three trips to Pittodrie, in December the returning Callum McGregor was the matchwinner with an 87th minute goal that started the demise of Jim Goodwin after a highly cautious display infuriated Dons supporters.
Fraser would give Celtic what appears to be a very decent option on the left wing but his career has stalled at best since Lockdown.
Rodgers has to make Celtic’s interests his priority but is mindful of the player needing to be involved every week as he was last season.
Despite that, Gustaf Lagerbielke is in the squad against Hammarby and intends to play from the start.
That hasn’t really taken him any closer to the Celtic first team with Maik Nawrocki signed last month and Gustaf Lagerbielke expected to join the hoops next week.