The suggestions about his fitness sound very concerning, effectively it seems that the defender requires to be rebuilt with all hopes being pinned on Nawrocki returning to pre-season ready to play twice a week.
At Friday’s media conference Rodgers revealed that Scales had picked up a muscle injury following last week’s 3-3 draw at Ibrox, it now looks certain that Nawrocki will return to parter CCV, bringing together the central defensive partnership that started the season in the 4-2 home win over Ross County.
The Pole was unable to train on Monday and has since been receiving intensive treatment. The leg issue is causing concern and Brendan Rodgers is now waiting to find out the full extent of it.
It is not a challenge. It’s a game. It is not under-10s where you have got to play everyone every week. We bring the players in to compete and fight for the shirt.
With a Glasgow Derby and Champions League campaign starting next month Rodgers will have to rethink his defensive plans ahead of a critical stage of the season.
With the significance of the defeat it seems that no questions were asked after the match to Brendan Rodgers about injuries sustained on the Killie pitch.
Developing some flexibility and increased options will be welcomed by Rodgers but keeping three big money signings content when one is likely to be starting on the bench will test the man management skills of the Irishman
Welsh and Scales didn’t do themselves any harm today with transfer talk on those two shelved for now as Rodgers waits on progress on three central defenders currently unavailable.
Last Thursday Celtic were first linked with Nawrocki, later than day coverage of Legia’s pre-match media conference revealed that their highly rated central defender wouldn’t be involved in the opening league match at home to LSK Lodz.
If all goes well in the Nawrocki deal the new bhoy can have his fitness assessed by the Celtic medical team ahead of the first team squad returning from Japan on Monday.