Derry City set for glamour friendly at Celtic

Declan Devine's side, who drew 0-0 at Cliftonville tonight, looks set to replace Dundalk in the glamour friendly in Glasgow.

The Lilywhites had hoped to face Neil Lennon's men but quarantine restrictions looks to have ended their hopes of playing the game.

Northern Ireland's Covid-19 regulations are governed by the UK.

And countries in the Common Travel Area (CTA) - which includes Scotland and the Republic of Ireland - are not required to adhere to quarantine restrictions.

The Irish Government has yet to publish its ‘green list’ of countries that won’t require self isolation on return to Ireland and because of this the Candy Stripes look set to be the last minute replacement.

It's thought that former Celtic fans favourite Paddy McCourt, who is now Derry's technical director, has been the man in talks trying to organise the final details.

Celtic, warmed up for this weekend's friendly, by finishing off their mini tour of France with a 4-0 defeat at French giants Paris St-German this evening, with superstars Kylian Mbappe and Neymar both on the scoresheet in the Parc des Princes encounter.