Celtic welcome the Rome giants for clash on matchday two of the group stage and the Swede impresses,
Upbeat Maurizio Sarri has warned Celtic his Lazio side are purring ahead of next week's Champions League crunch in Glasgow,
Unfortunately, we have lost two league games already and that's why it was important to get the victory in what is never an easy game against Torino. I told the boys to worry about the performance and not think about the results and you could see how good they were. Now we have two very important away games against AC Milan and Celtic."
Vecino could come up against Hoops man Reo Hatate when the teams meet, and boss Rodgers admits he's unaware over movement on a long-awaited new deal for the Japanese. He said: "I haven't been made aware of that [deal closer]. I'll speak to Michael [Nicholson] later but in fairness to the club they have been reaching out to the agent for quite some time. But where it's at, I don't know at this point.
The 28-year-old Swedish international joined Celta in a surprise move from Celtic last month in a deal reported to be worth £4 million. He's only started five league games for Celta Vigo and former Liverpool, Chelsea and Newcastle boss Benitez has decided to make Starfelt a joint captain of the club, along with Iago Aspas and Kevin Vazquez. Benitez said: "I wanted someone who would serve as a positive example for the younger players on the team.
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