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Celtic discover extent of Callum Osmand injury that has "never happened to him before"

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After another difficult evening for Celtic in the Europa League, they've now discovered the extent of the injury that Callum Osmand picked up in another frustrating blow.

The Bhoys fell to a 3-1 defeat against Midtjylland and remain with just the one win to their name on the European stage this season - making qualification into the next round a mere fantasy at this stage.

For all the good work that Martin O'Neill has done so far this season, not even the Northern Irishman could turn his side's fortunes around outside of domestic action and he once again distanced himself from the permanent job.

What the defeat has certainly done is pile the pressure on Dermot Desmond and the rest of the Celtic board to get their next decision right and get it done sooner rather than later.

Ange Postecoglou pulled out of the race for the job in the early stages and that dealt the Bhoys an undeniable blow. Since then, however, other impressive candidates have emerged such as Club Brugge's Nicky Hayen and Kieran McKenna.

Reports have even gone as far as to suggest that McKenna is open to the job in what could hand Celtic quite the boost. The Ipswich Town boss has struggled to get the best out of his side in the Championship so far this season, but no one will be forgetting the history that he made at Portman Road anytime soon.

Alas, before any manager can arrive, it's up to O'Neill to get the Hoops back to winning ways and do so without recent Old Firm hero Osmand.

Celtic discover extent of Callum Osmand injury

As revealed by O'Neill at full-time, Osmand suffered a pulled hamstring against Midtjylland and will now be missing for at least a few weeks. It's a major blow for the 19-year-old, who just took his place in Celtic's Europa League squad off the back of putting Celtic out of sight with his effort in the Scottish League Cup semi-final against Rangers.

“Yeah, he’s pulled the hamstring and that’s something that obviously, he’s very young, it’s never happened to him before, so he doesn’t know and yeah, he was distraught because I think the reason being he was just trying to get his career going.

“But if everything looks out well, he’ll recover from that and then start again. That’s what I’ve said to him, don’t do this. You will certainly get going, this is just a setback for you but it’s not terminal in that sense and you can fight back, you’ll be out for X number of weeks now." (O'Neill on Osmand's injury)

With Celtic's attack already coming under fire this season, they now have the task of squaring off against Kilmarnock and others without one of their most promising talents.