FORREST RULED OUT OF QUALIFIER

James Forrest is out of Celtic's Champions League second-round qualifier against KR Reykjavik in Iceland on Tuesday night.

The Hoops' winger will miss the first leg with a groin injury while skipper Scott Brown had previously been ruled out for at least a couple of months with a hamstring injury.

Charlie Mulgrew will skipper the Scottish champions in the absence of Brown.

Provisional squad: Forster, Lustig, Matthews, Mulgrew, Van Dijk, Ambrose, Izaguirre, Griffiths, Kayal, Commons, Pukki, Stokes, Johansen, Henderson, O'Connell, Zaluska, Gordon.

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