KRIS COMMONS has been left out of Celtic's Champions League squad for the play-off tie against Hapoel Be'er Sheva, while the injured Patrick Roberts has been included.
The former Scotland international midfielder appears to be heading for the exit door at Celtic Park after failing to make an appearance under Brendan Rodgers since the new manager arrived earlier this summer.
Commons had been included in the Hoops squad for the previous two qualifying rounds, but has been omitted for the final tie before the group stages as new signing Scott Sinclair comes into the team.
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Patrick Roberts, who is suffering from a hamstring injury, has been named in the squad in case he makes a speedy recovery.
Dedryck Boyata, who has also been struggling with injury problems, has been added to the squad but the injured Jozo Simunovic misses out.
Eoghan O'Connell and Kieran Tierney have not been named in player list A but instead in list B, which is reserved for the club's youth players.
Rodgers still has one space free in his squad and is allowed to add another player up until 11pm on the evening of Tuesday August 16, the day before the first leg at Celtic Park.
Celtic play-off round squad: Player list A
Goalkeepers: Craig Gordon, Leonardo Fasan
Defenders: Kolo Toure, Emilio Izaguirre, Efe Ambrose, Dedryck Boyata, Saidy Janko, Mikael Lustig, Erik Sviatchenko, Anthony Ralston
Midfielders: Nir Bitton, Scott Brown, Scott Sinclair, Stuart Armstrong, Tom Rogic, Stefan Johansen, Kristoffer Ajer, Callum McGregor, James Forrest
Forwards: Nadir Ciftci, Leigh Griffiths, Moussa Dembele, Ryan Christie, Patrick Roberts
Celtic play-off round squad: Player list B
Goalkeeper: Ross Doohan
Defenders: Eoghan O'Connell, Jamie McCart, Kieran Tierney
Midfielders: Liam Henderson, Mark Hill, Regan Hendry
Forwards: Calvin Miller, Michael Johnston, Jack Aitchison
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