Christmas miracle as Blackett looks set for United return

Celtic fans have received some good holiday fortune as loanee Tyler Blackett looks set to return to his parent club Manchester United, as per the Daily Mail.

The 21-year-old was thought to be a coup for Ronny Deila back in August having come through the United academy and made a string of first-team appearances under Louis Van Gaal.

He joined the league champions with the expectation of being a regular starter and make an impact similar to Jason Denayer, who moved on loan from Manchester City.

However, Blackett has failed to make the required impact and hasn’t made a first-team appearance in the Hoops jersey since Celtic’s 2-1 loss to Molde at Paradise in the beginning of November.

Since then he has featured a number of times for the development squad but has fallen out of favour under Deila.

The England international made a total of seven appearances for Celtic and will now move back to United to cover their defensive injuries to Luke Shaw and Marcus Rojo.