 Shaun Maloney missed much of pre-season training |
Celtic forward Shaun Maloney will be out for up to a month after being given the green light for surgery on a hernia problem by manager Gordon Strachan. The 23-year-old Scotland international barely featured in pre-season due to a groin injury.
Strachan said: "I would think it will be three to four weeks before Shaun plays again.
"He had struggled through pre-season. It has been bothering him so he is as well to have the operation now."
Strachan thought it would be a mere blip in Maloney's career.
And he also confirmed that defender Bobo Balde, who also missed pre-season training, would be back in action in a month.
"Bobo Balde should be out for four weeks," he said.
"I would have liked to have had him in pre-season, but it was not to be.
"The physios say it will be four weeks."
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