Rodgers in Celtic admission ahead of Cork friendly
Kieran Tierney will be among the group of Celtic first-team players reporting for pre-season on Saturday the morning after the 1-0 win over Queen's Park.
Celtic did have Auston Trusty, Ross Doohan, Callum McGregor, Arne Engels, Luke McCowan and Johnny Kenny as first-team players involved in the win at the City Ground on Friday.
However, a number of first-team players will only begin their pre-season training on Saturday and into the new week ahead of the trip to Ireland.
Rodgers has confirmed a training session will be held on Saturday before travelling to Ireland on Monday for the Cork friendly.
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And he confessed it's expected a number of first-team players will sit out of the Cork match.
"We are back in tomorrow morning," said Rodgers. "We will have a good session tomorrow.
"We will train and travel on Monday. The guys who have just come back probably won't be involved in the Tuesday game, it's just too soon.
"But they will be involved next Saturday when we play in Portugal but they will all be there and ready for the game."
On taking Celtic to Ireland for the friendly, he added: "It's always a privilege to take Celtic anywhere.
"To go to Ireland with Celtic is always really special.
"We look forward to seeing our friends over there and having a really good game."
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