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It's a first game of pre-season for Celtic as they take on the Austrian lower league side.

The Hoops have splashed the cash this summer with Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota signing permanent deals while Alexandro Bernabei and Benjamin Siegrist have also been snapped up. Joe Hart captains the team while Christopher Jullien is handed some game time. It's been just 53 days since Celtic last kicked a ball and they're back in action for pre-season as they look to retain their Premiership title.

Ange Postecoglou has been on the trail of the Lommel midfielder but he is set for a move to the Eredivisie.

Tom Rogic and Nir Bitton both departed the east end of Glasgow while Ismaila Soro doesn’t appear to have a future at Parkhead. And James McCarthy and Yosuke Ideguchi haven’t yet convinced after rarely featuring in Postecoglou’s debut season in the Celtic dug-out. It’s undoubtedly a blow for Postecoglou after Parkhead chiefs kicked off talks over a move for the former Flamengo man at the end of last season. Record Sport revealed this morning that Ange Postecoglou wasn’t willing to wait around after a lengthy pursuit of the 23-year-old and they now look set to be forced to look elsewhere for the physical midfielder the champions are looking for to bolster their engine room.

ANGE POSTECOGLOU has named his Celtic starting line-up for the club's first pre-season match of the summer.

Rangers fans are waiting to see some ins and outs at Ibrox while Celtic have already been busy in the market. But some in the Light Blues legions are ...

Meanwhile VAR is in our sights ahead of the December role out and George Priest , via email, said: “So caller Alfie Mullen thinks VAR would have won his Rangers the league. They turned their attention to Sydney super cups and the Premiership, avoiding Rangers results in Europe. Now they want to discuss is European football? If they all stayed fit I believe Rangers would have won the Europa League and retained the Scottish Premiership. Rangers still have the better squad. Alan Mcgaw, Alloa, said: “Congratulations to Cameron Norrie getting through to the semi finals of Wimbledon. A fantastic performance from him. Gary Stevenson, Newtonhill, said: “Celtic supporters spent last year avoiding the topic of European football as they were an embarrassment. But some in the Light Blues legions are refusing to panic as they reckon their squad is still better than anything Ange Postecoglou can muster.

Ange Postecoglou is currently working with his players on the European trip ahead of the upcoming Scottish Premiership season. Celtic will take on SC Wiener ...

Subscribers can watch all of the pre-season fixtures live on Celtic TV. Yes. The match is available to watch on Celtic TV. Celtic will take on SC Wiener Viktoria in the first pre-season match with another five matches ahead of the return of competitive action.

EVEN the greatest journeys start with a single modest step, and this was about as modest a setting as you could imagine for Celtic's opening…

He looked comfortable on the ball too, dropping into the central positions where Postecoglou likes his full-backs to operate and linking well early on with Mikey Johnston ahead of him. Surprisingly, it took until three minutes before half-time before Celtic got their fifth, Kenny heading Johnston’s cross off the post and Chris Jullien following in to head into the empty net. As it turned out, the opposition were pretty modest too.