The on-loan 20-year-old attacking weapon is edging closer to a first team tilt after recovering from an ACL injury sustained just 23 minutes into his Hoops debut against Dundee last October.
But first the Socceroos starlet must convince coach Neil Lennon he is ready for the hurly-burly of the SPL, starting with an anticipated 30-45 minute hit-out for the reserves.
If all goes well, he will then feature for an hour or more when Celtic’s second string take on Greenock Morton in the SPFL Reserve Cup on Monday week, as part of a carefully staged comeback formulated by Celtic’s medical and coaching staff.
The plan is to graduate him up to 90 minutes before he can return to the first team mix, with a possible senior squad comeback in the first week of October when Celtic travel to Livingston in the SPL.
Arzani has been itching to test himself in a competitive game since being given the all clear to resume full impact training late last month.
But to minimize the risk of an injury recurrence the winger - in the second year of his two season loan from Manchester City - has been held back from rushing his re-emergence.
Australia coach Graham Arnold has been in constant touch with Australia’s most promising young prospect with both the Olyroos and Socceroos in mind.
But Arnold will be mindful, first and foremost, of Arzani’s progress in pursuit of peak fitness at club level before making any decisions on whether to call him up for next month’s FIFA World Cup qualifiers at home to Nepal and on the road in Chinese Taipei.
There is also the prospect of Arzani being drafted into Olyroos action for January’s AFC U-23 Championship in Thailand with Olympic Games qualification the prize at stake.
Meantime, he will be desperate to make up for lost time by pressing his claims at club level where he faces the task of dislodging the likes of 
Mohamed Elyounoussi, on a year-long loan from Southampton, for a starting spot with the defending champions.

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/arzani-set-for-celtic-return-with-reserves-run

LOL! Wow like he really has gone to shit. He will be back in the HAL next season.

Seems like the medical attention and recovery has been top notch. As long as he can avoid another big injury, his future is still bright.

Yea agreed. If he has to spend another month more than what was expected than so be it. 

I sense he is the sort of guy that isn’t short of confidence so I still expect him to be a top player 

No one seems to ask the question of Azani.
He plays at the World Cup. He's fit right?

He goes to Celtic via City arriving August. He's so unfit, Rogers can't play him. Celtic look after him, get him fit, and finally in November he cracks a start and gets injured.

He's has played very few 90 minutes in his career, he has the chance of a lifetime at Celtic who have nurtured young talent and loanees well, despite what Schwarzer says. 

Think Roberts Christie Tierney Armstrong and people you may no more about, Dembele Wanayama Virgil Van Dyke Forster etc etc the list goes on

So why does a kid, and every commentator ever has questioned his ability to go 90 minutes and yet he arrives at Celtic so unfit that he had to wait until November to get a game.

If Man City called and said Come over, we will loan you out in August for 2 years. Would you sit back and p plan to chill knowing Celtic first team start the Champions League games in July first week.

Or train the friggin house down to get there and push for a start from day one.

I've never heard this questioned anywhere.

He can join Tom Rogic 60 mins and I'm off..check his Celtic playing record. Suspect Azani and Rogic will both be coming off at 60 if they can get a start.

Azani has really tough established competition. Maybe in time he'll be a lazy 10, winger not so much. He could be anything in 10.

You have no idea about class in players...