Kasper Schmeichel will miss out on another five to six weeks recovering from an injuries picked up on Intercontinental responsibility, ruling him out of as much as seven Celtic fixtures, manager 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 next-leg defeat in Portugal very last thirty day period.

The Danish captain, who's got eighty one caps, played on from the five-two reduction that meant the Portuguese progressed 5-3 on combination.

Questioned concerning the probably five-to-6-7 days absence, Rodgers instructed Celtic Tv set: "This is certainly just something which, day by day, we'll take a look at, although the timeline which was presented to us was possibly close to about that.