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Celtic forward Leigh Griffiths out of Scotland friendly through injury

Brendan Rodgers embraces Leigh Griffiths as he substituted in Munich
Image: Brendan Rodgers has revealed injured Leigh Griffiths will miss Scotland's friendly

Leigh Griffiths will miss Scotland's friendly against the Netherlands, live on Sky Sports, in Aberdeen with a calf injury.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers confirmed the striker had suffered a recurrence of a problem which has troubled him in recent months, during their midweek Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich.

Griffiths was not listed in Celtic's 18-man squad for their 4-0 victory over St Johnstone and he will not join up with his international team-mates ahead of Thursday's friendly at Pittodrie.

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Rodgers said: "He won't play. He had a slight calf injury from our game during the week. He had a scan and it's not overly serious, but it will probably be a week to 10 days, which is unfortunate."

Nottingham Forest's Jason Cummings is the only out-and-out striker in interim manager Malky Mackay's squad, although Celtic's Ryan Christie, on a season-long loan at the Dons, is also listed among the forwards.

Goalkeepers: Jordan Archer, Craig Gordon, David Marshall

Defenders: Callum Paterson, Kieran Tierney, Andrew Robertson, Liam Cooper, Paul Hanlon, Charlie Mulgrew, Christophe Berra

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Defenders: Stuart Armstrong, Scott Brown, Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Darren Fletcher, Ryan Fraser, Ryan Jack, John McGinn, Kenny McLean, Matt Phillips, Graeme Shinnie

Forwards: Jason Cummings, Ryan Christie

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