Strachan will address Boruc Poland ban after Falkirk

Published on Friday 22 August 2008 23:20

CELTIC manger Gordon Strachan will not make a snap judgment on Artur Boruc after the goalkeeper was banned from the Poland team for allegedly breaking a curfew following a 1-0 friendly defeat to fellow Euro 2012 hosts Ukraine.

Boruc, 28, and international colleagues Dariusz Dudka and Radolav Majewski have been accused of leaving the team hotel to have a night out with Polish sports journalists on Wednesday.

National team coach Leo Beenhakker has banned the trio indefinitely ahead of the forthcoming World Cup qualifying campaign following the incident in Lvov.

It would seem the international career of Boruc – who was Poland's only world-class performer during their highly disappointing Euro 2008 campaign in Austria and Switzerland earlier in the summer – is now in some doubt.

However, Strachan will address the matter only after the champions have played tomorrow's Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Falkirk.

The Celtic manager is likely to speak to Poland's experienced Dutch coach next week but said: "First of all, what I'm going to do is just focus on the Falkirk game and we will try our best to do that because that's the number one priority.

"It is about what the team does.

"When that is out of the way, I will look at the facts of said incident, not rumours, but facts.

"And I can only deal with the facts when I get the facts.

"So it's Falkirk first then deal with any problem that I have.

"If there is no problem then fine."

Polish Football Federation chief Michal Listkiewicz said: "After Wednesday's game, three players checked out of the team's Opera Hotel and moved to the Grand Hotel – even though it was forbidden to do so."

Reports suggest a party in the hotel ended with extensive damage to one of the rooms.

Listkiewicz added: "Luckily, our sources confirm that it wasn't our players responsible for the damage.

"But these players are now out of the national team.

"I don't think they can be called up for the games against Slovenia and San Marino.

"They could end up with a financial penalty."