Celtic Fans Don’t Know If The Abada Story Is True, But If It Is … Christ Almighty.

Rumours from Israel today have the hair standing up on the back of my neck. Disastrous. Liel Abada out for up to five months? I don’t know where they are getting that, but you hope to God that it is not true.

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He’s just signed a new deal. He’s as settled as he’s been for ages.

What a crushing blow to him and to Celtic if he’s out for that length of time.

We just can’t catch a break right now, can we? This is the last thing we need and whilst we have no real idea whether it’s true or not, would you be surprised? The only way this turns out not to be a fact is if our luck changes. What are the odds?

The thing of it is, none of this is our fault. Nawrocki got injured on that disgusting plastic pitch at Kilmarnock which for reasons passing understanding hasn’t been banned. Welsh got injured by a freak accident in training. Now Abada has gotten injured on international duty, and all seem to be long-term. That’s like being struck by lightning three times.

It’s all well and good saying that in this moment of crisis for the player that there are opportunities for others – you would imagine that Yang and Tillio (when he’s fit) will be the principal beneficiaries and that with Forrest also available we have plenty of cover out wide right … still, losing Abada is a blow no matter how people want to dress it up.

He creates. He scores. So far Yang hasn’t done those things, and although I have little doubt that he’s got plenty to offer – and will now get the chance to prove it – there’s no way to ignore that this is another major blow, another area in which we’re going into the Champions League next week with a weaker squad than we had last season.

I’ve covered my anger at the board a million times, in a million ways, and don’t feel the need to rake over that again and this has nothing to do with them anyway. Signing all those wingers has paid off in a way we never expected and would not have sought. But this team is weaker whoever is to blame for it, and only a fool would attempt to deny that.

I am pretty sickened by this news. I think Liel Abada is one of our best players and I was looking forward to seeing him strut his stuff again now that his future has been sorted out. So if this turns out to be an accurate story … God damn. Awful.

We’re only five games into the domestic campaign, but it already feels like forever.

Four points clear we might be, but this feels like it’s going to be a long one, doesn’t it?