Nakamura set to return for Bhoys

Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is set to return to action for the Scottish Cup fourth round tie against Stirling Albion at Parkhead.

The Japan international has been out since October with a knee injury but has trained all week and is likely to make his long-awaited comeback against the Irn-Bru First Division side

New signing Andreas Hinkel will make his debut at right-back and with Bobo Balde away with Guinea at the African Nations Cup, Gary Caldwell will move back in to central defence.

Provisional squad: Boruc, Caldwell, Hinkel, McManus, Naylor, McGeady, Donati, Sno, Nakamura, S Brown, Riordan, Hartley, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink, M Brown, Killen, Caddis, O’Brien, O’Dea.