Celtic are preparing for a rather difficult and nervy Europa League showdown against Beşiktaş on Thursday night.

It will be interesting to see what type of team Martin O’Neill puts out, because not many Celtic players are putting their hands up to be in the starting XI.

Hyunjun Yang all smiles in Celtic training

Celtic have lost six of their last ten matches; Yang has missed all that drama, chaos and utter garbage from his teammates, because he was either on national duty or recently injured.

Martin O’Neill and Shaun Maloney’s embrace with Kasper Hogh

It has been a tough start to life at Celtic for Hogh, who has only scored in one game, and that was a hat-trick against Kilmarnock.

Ahead of Celtic’s tie against Beşiktaş and the visit of Killie at the weekend, Hogh has been left out of Denmark’s squad for their upcoming international matches.

But in training, O’Neill and Maloney were embracing the Celtic forward, who clearly needs an arm around his shoulder during this time of trouble, as you can see from Celtic’s official website.

Oliver Sorensen in training after Celtic absence against Falkirk

Sorensen was absent for Celtic’s clash against Falkirk, not making the matchday squad at all. Sorensen clearly isn’t injured because he was pictured in the latest training images.

It’s not a great look that one of your summer signings, albeit on loan, isn’t even able to make the matchday squad, as it will be interesting to see if he features on Thursday night.