Iheanacho may get cameo role against Roma
Wilfried Nancy has revealed Kelechi Iheanacho is inching closer to a return as Celtic gear up to take on Roma.
Iheanacho may get cameo role against Roma
Wilfried Nancy has revealed Kelechi Iheanacho is inching closer to a return as Celtic gear up to take on Roma.
Iheanacho has been sidelined since suffering a hamstring injury in October's Europa League clash with Sturm Graz.
But the Nigerian frontman, 29, is back in full training and was an unused sub in Sunday's 2-1 home defeat to league leaders Hearts.
Nancy insists he won't rush the ex-Man City and Sevilla striker back into action but hinted he could have a part to play against Roma. He said: “He has trained well. After that, he needs minutes. It has been a long time, two months since he really played.
"The way we work the players who have not played regularly we try to get them through physical work to get back into the rhythm.
“For the moment obviously he is not fit to play a lot of minutes but a few minutes, yes. I have to understand that also in the past they did not rotate much. So I have done my work on that. I believe we have the players to do that but it has to be step by step.”