Celtic captain Scott Brown injured during Shamrock Rovers friendly win

By PA Sport

Image: Celtic's Scott Brown was injured in the 9-0 friendly win over Shamrock Rovers

Celtic have a fresh injury fear ahead of next week's Champions League opener after Scott Brown limped off during their 9-0 thrashing of Shamrock Rovers.

The Hoops have already lost Dedryck Boyata for the next three months after he ruptured knee ligaments in last week's warm-up clash with Slavia Prague.

And there are now fears skipper Brown could also miss Friday's crunch qualifier with Linfield in Belfast after lasting barely half an hour at the Tallaght Stadium.

The Scotland midfielder was replaced by Nir Bitton after 32 minutes and trudged down the tunnel at half-time with his knee heavily strapped, leaving Brendan Rodgers to pray his influential captain has not suffered lasting damage.

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Brown's injury aside, Rodgers will be pleased with how the afternoon panned out, with doubles from Stuart Armstrong and Scott Sinclair, plus goals from Mikael Lustig, Moussa Dembele, James Forrest, Jonny Hayes and Tom Rogic sealing a convincing victory.

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