NEW Bhoy Camilo Duran will make his Parkhead debut in Celtic’s pre-season warm-up encounter against Middlesbrough this afternoon.
The Colombian striker, the Hoops’ only new signing so far this summer after his £5.5million move for Qarabag, played and scored in his first appearance in the team’s 4-1 loss to Sporting Lisbon at the Estadio Algarve on Tuesday.
Martin O’Neill also gives a starting place to former England international midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain alongside skipper Callum McGregor.
Liam Scales is again at left-back with Cameron Carter-Vickers and Dane Murray in central defence.
The Hoops will once again be without the eight players who were involved with their respective countries during the World Cup Finals, including Kieran Tierney, Daizen Maeda, Benjamin Nygren and Sebastian Tounekti.
TEAM: Sinisalo; Donovan, Carter-Vickers, Murray, Scales; McCowan, McGregor, McArdle, Oxlade-Chamberlain; Forrest, Duran. Subs: Doohan, Gill, Balikwisha, Osmand, Engels, Bernardo, Ure, Montgomery, Hatton, Hatate, Turley, Haney, Kennedy.
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