Hibs manager provides injury update ahead of Celtic clash | OneFootball

Hibs manager David Gray has provided a squad injury update ahead of Saturday’s Scottish Premiership clash against Celtic. The Scottish Champions were held against Bayern Munich in Bavaria during the week but now will be setting their sights on three points in Leith.

Gray, who has masterminded a resurgence with Hibs, told the club website that his side are struggling with options in the midfield. “We have a few challenges in the middle of the pitch.

“Alasana Manneh is suspended, which is really unfortunate and Kwon is unavailable to play against his parent club.

“Dylan Levitt is struggling a little bit. He has trained as well, but he has a wee bit of a reaction. We will give him every chance to be available for the squad, but he might not quite make it.”

The Hibs manager confirmed that Joe Newell, Marvin Ekpiteta and Elie Youan all returned to First Team training during week and the Hibs skipper is available for selection on Saturday.

“The positive news is that Joe Newell is slightly closer. He has trained this week which is really positive, so he is available for selection, but he has clearly not had many minutes in his legs recently.

“We’ve also got a week in the legs of Marvin Ekpiteta and Elie Youan is back on the grass, which is positive. We are definitely going in the right direction and there is light at the end of the tunnel for these guys too.”

Celtic will be looking to continue their relentless push towards the Premiership title. Easter Road represents an extremely difficult away ground especially in recent months with Gray overcoming the adversity at the beginning of his managerial career.