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Celtic manager Strachan to probe Boruc's curfew-breaking claims
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22 August 2008
manager Gordon Strachan will not make a snap judgement on Artur Boruc after the goalkeeper was banned from the Poland team for allegedly breaking a curfew following a friendly in Ukraine.
Boruc, 28, and international colleagues Dariusz Dudka and Radolav Majewski have been accused of leaving the team hotel to have a night out with Polish journalists on Wednesday.
Boruc: Banned from Polish games indefinitely following his misdemeanour
National team coach Leo Beenhakker has banned the trio indefinitely ahead of the forthcoming World Cup qualifying campaign following the incident in Lvov.
However, Strachan will address the matter only after the champions have played Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League game against Falkirk.
He said: 'First of all, what I'm going to do is just focus on the Falkirk game and we will try our best to do that because that's the number one priority.
'It is about what the team does. When that is out of the way, I will look at the facts of said incident, not rumours, but facts.
'And I can only deal with the facts when I get the facts. So it's Falkirk first then deal with any problem that I have. If there is no problem then fine.'
Polish Football Federation boss Michal Listkiewicz said: 'After Wednesday's game, three players checked out of the team's Opera Hotel and moved to the Grand Hotel - even though it was forbidden to do so.'
Reports suggest a party in the hotel ended with extensive damage to one of the rooms.
Listkiewicz added: 'Luckily, our sources confirm that it wasn't our players responsible for the damage.
'But these players are now out of the national team. I don't think they can be called up for the games against Slovenia and San Marino. They could end up with a financial penalty.'
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