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Cameron Carter-Vickers OUT of Celtic's clash with Atalanta as defender fails to travel for Champions League showdown

Cameron Cartert-Vickers trained with Celtic but has not travelled to Bergamo to face Atalanta
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Celtic are set to go without Cameron Carter-Vickers for their massive Champions League clash with Atalanta .

The American has been a massive miss for the Scottish Premiership champions having not made an appearance for the club since their league phase opener against Slovan Bratislava. The absence of the key centre-back at the heart of Brendan Rodgers' defence was felt during their hammering at the hands of Borussia Dortmund on matchday two - and hopes were raised for a return to the against the Celtic squad against the Europa League winners.

Ahead of the clash in Bergamo, he was snapped training with his Celtic teammates this morning. However, Rodgers has now revealed that Carter-Vickers did not travel with the group for the blockbuster clash with Greg Taylor also missing out - with Alex Valle set to continue to deputise for the Scotland star. He said: "Greg Taylor hasn't travelled as well. Greg should join the training group on Friday. Cam, we'll just see when we get back."

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