Celtic assistant manager Chris Davies has confirmed Dedryck Boyata will play no part for the Hoops against Partick Thistle and said the Belgian will instead train with the Under 20s this weekend.

Boyata missed Celtic's 2-1 loss in Athens as Brendan Rodgers' side were eliminated from Champions League qualifying earlier this week.

The Belgian defender said he was injured and refuted claims he had downed tools following the Hoops' decision to turn down an offer from Fulham.

Rodgers insisted that the centre-half was fit to play but had been left at home.

Speaking ahead of Celtic's League Cup tie with Partick Thistle, Davies said Boyata will also be absent this weekend from the first team after a long chat with the manager.

He said: "It is an unfortunate situation. We can't change what happened.

"There was a frustration obviously and the manager is managing the situation and Dedryck won't be involved tomorrow obviously.

"There is no point vilifying anybody or blaming one individual.

"The situation as it stands is open and we will see what happens.

"Obviously, there has been a lot of frustration from the supporters and Brendan addressed it at the time but as it stands he is still a Celtic player and that may well be the case when the window shuts.

"So we can't say he will be leaving the club."

He added: "The player obviously felt he wasn't available to play, what hasn't helped any of this, from Dedryck's point of view, is that the player's representative was fairly vocal which didn't help the matter.

"As it stands, he's not trained today, he is with the conditioning team and hopefully he is going to train tomorrow with the Under 20s squad.

"Then, possibly, he will be available to train with the team on Monday."