Martin O’Neill has informed Tomas Cvancara that he now faces a battle to get again into his plans because the season involves the boil.
The Czech ahead was utterly bombed from the Celtic matchday squad because the staff dramatically beat St Mirren 6-2 in extra-time within the Scottish Cup semi-final.
Signed on mortgage by O’Neill till the summer season from Borussia Monchengladbach, the 25-year-old hasn’t lived as much as expectations with simply two targets coming in his 13 appearances so far.
Clearly annoyed with Cvancara’s lack of output, O’Neill hooked the striker after 62 minutes of the slim league win in opposition to the Buddies earlier than omitting him solely for the Hampden conflict.
And with Celtic now dealing with 5 league video games and a cup closing in opposition to Dunfermline which can outline their season, the supervisor made it clear that Cvancara must up his sport.
‘We did a little bit of rotating for the semi-final,’ he stated. ‘It wasn’t phenomenal rotating, however I felt Junior (Adamu) has skilled actually, actually strongly. In order that’s it. Hear, individuals need to combat for positions within the staff.’
Celtic boss Martin O’Neill made adjustments for the Scottish Cup semi-final in opposition to St Mirren
Tomas Cvancara was dropped from the squad after being substituted the earlier week
Goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel was on the Etihad whereas Celtic received on penalties at Hampden
In the meantime, O’Neill has confirmed that Kasper Schmeichel continues to be a Celtic participant after the keeper watched his first membership Manchester Metropolis face Arsenal fairly than being at Hampden.
The Dane hasn’t performed for Celtic in two months and is dealing with as much as a 12 months out of soccer after injuring his shoulder.
On Sunday, the 39-year-old shared two photos on social media highlighting his curiosity in each matches.
He posted one picture of himself in a Celtic shirt with the caption: ‘Huge day of soccer forward! Come on the boys.’
He then adopted it up with a snap of himself on the Etihad holding the Premier League trophy — which he received at Leicester — including: ‘Huge sport on the Etihad as properly. Reunited with an outdated pal.’
Schmeichel’s presence south of the border prompted hypothesis that his Celtic contract, which runs till the tip of the season, had been torn up. However O’Neill insisted: ‘He’s nonetheless contracted to the membership, sure.
‘There are some medical selections to be made on whether or not he’s to get this operation.
‘I’ll know extra about that in the midst of the week. However I’ve been chatting with the medical workers who had been telling me he was going to see a specialist.
‘He might even have accomplished that by now as that was final midweek.
‘However I don’t know whether or not the specialist desires to do that operation or not. That was the final information I obtained however I’ll know extra this midweek.’
