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Celtic round-up: Christie needs surgery, deal agreed, Griffiths challenged

Christie needs surgery

Ryan Christie will need surgery after suffering multiple facial fractures during the Scottish Cup semi-final with Aberdeen, .

The midfielder was caught late by defender Dominic Ball and had to be stretched off at Hampden Park.

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Christie will have his operation of Thursday, and no timescale has yet been put in place for his return.

Deal agreed

Celtic have agreed a deal with Polish top-flight outfit Korona Kielce that will see the Hoops land their best young talents ().

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Two of their coaches, Rafal Kwiecien and Artur Wierzba, were invited to watch the recent Old Firm Derby with Rangers.

Kwiecien said: “There are two camps set up in the summer in Staszow and Zielonka. The best young footballers will get a trial with Celtic and train with them.

“Celtic have had many connections with Polish football over the years – players like Dariusz Dziekanowski, Dariusz Wdowczyk, Maciej Zurawski, Paweł Brozek, Lukasz Zaluska and Artur Boruc.”

Griffiths challenged

Neil Lennon has challenged Leigh Griffiths to win back his place in the starting XI in time for the Scottish Cup final.

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The striker took a break from football back in December to deal with personal issues, but is now back working on his conditioning with the hope of resuming first-team duties soon.

Lennon said, : “What have we got until the Cup Final, six weeks? Yeah. It’s realistic. But he’ll have to play and train at least two weeks going into that, so he then has a target of four weeks.”