Nakamura misses opener

Shunsuke Nakamura is the only regular missing from Gordon Strachan’s squad for Celtic’s Clydesdale Bank Premier League opener against St Mirren at Parkhead on Sunday.

The Japan international is out with a groin injury and will miss the unfurling of the championship flag before kick-off.

Chris Killen and Evander Sno are on Olympic duty with New Zealand and Holland respectively.

Provisional squad: Boruc, Hinkel, Caldwell, McManus, Naylor, Wilson, Scott Brown, Hartley, Robson, McGeady, McDonald, Vennegoor of Hesselink, Samaras, Mark Brown, Donati, Caddis, McGowan, O’Dea, McCourt.