Celtic winger Scott Sinclair is in the squad to face Cluj in the Europa League. Manager Neil Lennon has confirmed the 30-year-old will play some part this evening:
? NL: “We’ve got a strong team. Young Robertson, Dembele and Savoury are in the squad. Whether they start is another thing.
Griffiths, Sinclair, Bitton, Bauer and Gordon will all feature tomorrow night.” #CLUCEL #UEL
— Celtic Football Club (@CelticFC) December 11, 2019
The forward has not played for the first team since September, although he has been an unused substitute in the Hoops’ last two league games against Ross County and Hamilton Academical.
Supporters on Twitter have been joking about where Sinclair has been:
He better be good! No heard much
— s c o t t c a i n (@LazyCalm80) December 11, 2019
Sinclair is alive ohh my
— Stacey Devlin (@StaceyDevlinxxx) December 11, 2019
Never heard of this Sinclair guy
— yoda the tim (@yoda_the_tim) December 11, 2019
@seanygavin yasss Sinclair and dembele hopefully
— john charles stuart (@johncharlesstua) December 11, 2019
Sinclair starting tomorrow the trip was worth it
— Kieran Byrnes (@KByrnes95) December 11, 2019
The likes of Mohammed Elyounoussi and Mikey Johnston have moved ahead of the Englishman in the pecking order at Parkhead and there has been growing speculation that he will be moving on next month.
It will be interesting to see what type of performance he puts in for Celtic tonight. With nothing on the line for the away side, it will be down to the fringe players, as well as some of the youngsters, to impress and force their way into Lennon’s first-team plans.