{"id":490112,"date":"2025-10-11T04:39:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490112\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T04:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T04:39:13","slug":"celtic-man-sebastian-tounektis-tunisia-absence-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/490112\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic man Sebastian Tounekti&#8217;s Tunisia absence explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  His absence has sparked concern among <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/celtic?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Celtic<\/a> fans.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  However, reports suggest the winger was only missing due to a minor issue.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Middle Eastern outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaraby.co.uk\/sport\/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%82%D9%89-%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8B-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Al Araby<\/a> reports that Tounekti is suffering from a thigh injury.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He underwent tests on Monday morning that showed he is fine, but needs some days of rest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Read more:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The 23-year-old is &#8216;likely&#8217; to feature against Namibia on Monday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Tounekti has made an impact since joining Celtic from Hammarby on transfer deadline day in the summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has consistently impressed with his performances, scoring his first goal for the club in the Premier Sports Cup against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/sport\/partick_thistle\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partick Thistle<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.glasgowtimes.co.uk\/topics\/brendan-rodgers\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendan Rodgers<\/a> said: &#8220;He excites me every time he gets the ball, and that&#8217;s what we were desperate for in the team.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He&#8217;s come in really aggressive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He&#8217;s a really talented boy because he can go either way and also, not only that, he can run in behind.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;You see the numbers of times he makes runs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Sometimes he doesn&#8217;t get it, sometimes he does, but he&#8217;s running off the ball as well.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I&#8217;m really excited for where he is and where we can bring him to.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;But importantly, supporters will love watching him because he&#8217;s so exciting.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Rodgers added: &#8220;The DNA of this club is based on attacking football and that is with wingers on the side of the pitch that can take people on, beat people.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Every time he gets the ball, you just sense the excitement and that&#8217;s what we need on both sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"His absence has sparked concern among Celtic fans. However, reports suggest the winger was only missing due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490113,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-490112","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115353692629142488","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=490112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}