Kasper Schmeichel will overlook the subsequent 5 to 6 months recovering from an harm picked up on Intercontinental responsibility, ruling him outside of up to seven Celtic fixtures, manager Brendan Rodgers has verified.

The 38-calendar year-aged, who may have forty six club appearances this time period, picked up the knock during Denmark's Nations League quarter-final second-leg defeat in Portugal last thirty day period.

The Danish captain, who may have eighty one caps, played on from the five-2 loss that meant the Portuguese progressed five-three on mixture.

Requested with regards to the probable 5-to-six-week absence, Rodgers told Celtic Television set: "This is often just a thing that, day by day, we are going to take a look at, although the timeline that was offered to us was maybe around about that.