Kasper Schmeichel will pass up another five to six months recovering from an injury picked up on Worldwide obligation, ruling him from as many as 7 Celtic fixtures, supervisor Brendan Rodgers has confirmed.

The 38-yr-previous, that has 46 club appearances this phrase, picked up the knock through Denmark's Nations League quarter-closing 2nd-leg defeat in Portugal very last thirty day period.

The Danish captain, that has 81 caps, played on within the 5-two decline that intended the Portuguese progressed 5-3 on aggregate.

Questioned concerning the probably five-to-6-7 days absence, Rodgers advised Celtic Television: "This can be just something that, working day by working day, we will have a look at, however the timeline which was supplied to us was probably all around about that.