Olivier Ntcham to make Celtic debut against Linfield

Olivier Ntcham will make his competitive debut for Celtic in the club's second leg Champions League qualifier against Linfield.

By The Newsroom

Published 19th Jul 2017, 19:56 BST

Updated 12th Sep 2017, 11:02 BST

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Olivier Ntcham played in Saturday's friendly defeat against Lyon. Picture: SNS

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The 21-year-old completed a £4.5million move from Manchester City earlier this month.

He will get his first taste of a packed Celtic Park as Brendan Rodgers’ side look to protect their 2-0 lead from the first leg and advance to the third qualifying round.

Elsewhere, there is no place for Leigh Griffiths after the striker picked up a calf strain.

Celtic team: Gordon; Lustig, Simunovic, Tierney; Brown; Forrest, McGregor, Ntcham, Sinclair; Rogic; Dembele.

Subs: De Vries, Bitton, Armstrong, Hayes, Benyu, Sviatchenko, Kouassi