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Mark McDougall

Neil Lennon says it will be very difficult for Boli Bolingoli to be welcomed back into Celtic dressing room

Neil Lennon has told Boli Bolingoli he’s unlikely to play for the club again and admitted he was ‘livid’ at the defender.

Celtic have had two games in the league postponed after the left-back broke quarantine rules to fly to Spain when being given time off by the club.

But Lennon revealed every player was warned to stay in Glasgow and admits Bolingoli has betrayed his trust by heading off on holiday and not telling anyone, reports The Daily Record.

That left First Minister Nicola Sturgeon raging and Celtic likely won't play again until the Champions League qualifier with Rejkavic next week, with games against St Mirren and Aberdeen postponed.

With an already congested fixture list, Lennon is raging and he said: "It will be very difficult to imagine him (Bolingoli) being welcomed back into the dressing room in the future.

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"This is a rogue who has gone off tangent and has done something very very selfish. We have been completely oblivious to this. I’m absolutely livid it’s a total betrayal of our trust.

“We gave players a couple of days off after Hamilton. We made it clear to players they were not to leave Glasgow. Boli took flight to Spain on Monday and kept it to himself.

“We have been bitterly let down by an individual. I didn’t want to hear his excuse. He has blatantly disregarded our instructions.

“There’s anger and disappointment from the squad. It’s just simply not good enough and it’s disrupted our plans.”

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