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Postecoglou, like many Celtic managers before him, is on a 12-month rolling contract at the Bhoys. That doesn't mean his deal expires at the end of the season ...

I still have a helluva lot to accomplish as we are at the first stage of the rebuild. Speaking to The Daily Record, he said: “The last thing I want to do is talk to chairmen or to Dermot or anyone about my position. So, in many ways, it’s for optics and money.

The 29-year-old was out for over a year with a serious knee injury.

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Here's our prediction for Celtic's starting XI to take on St Johnstone in the Scottish Premiership.

Having been criticised for his “really poor” role in Rangers’ goal last weekend by Ally McCoist, Postecoglou may decide to take the Croatian out of the team on this occasion. For the back four, we think Postecoglou will stick with the centre-back duo of Carl Starfelt and Cameron Carter-Vickers, who ended up scoring the Bhoys’ winning goal in the derby last weekend. The Bhoys now have the chance to secure their fifth league win in a row by securing victory against the Saints, who are currently 10 places and 49 points below the Hoops in the league table.

Ange Postecoglou's men can stretch their lead at the top of the Premiership to nine points when they take on St Johnstone.

Celtic have been ruthless in the first 45 minutes. GOAL! Celtic 3 St Johnstone 0 Liel Abada unleashes a shot from 25-yards out and it's narrowly wide. GOAL! Celtic 5 St Johnstone 0 GOAL! Celtic 6 St Johnstone 0 GOAL! Celtic 7 St Johnstone 0

The Hoops come into the game in great form after beating Rangers 2-1 at Ibrox six days ago and are now undefeated domestically since September.

“At this stage of the season, every game has got an edge on it, irrespective of who you’re playing against. Can we make it difficult? Can we frustrate them? Once you prepare yourself in that manner it means our focus shifts. “They’ll be looking to win the game but really it’s (about) what we do. “We don’t go in there thinking they’re going to be more desperate in this game than they may be in the following week.

BELGIAN club Oostende have pleaded with Celtic to allow them to sign Ange Postecoglou's first recruit Osaze Urhoghide on a permanent deal after impres.

And he admitted the loss of Scotland defender Jack Hendry to Club Brugge at the start of the campaign ruined their season. He said: "Urhoghide has proved to be an excellent addition, but the problem is he is still too expensive for us. BELGIAN club Oostende have pleaded with Celtic to allow them to sign Ange Postecoglou's first recruit Osaze Urhoghide on a permanent deal after impressing on loan.

CELTIC welcome St Johnstone to the East End of Glasgow, desperate to avoid any slip-ups and go NINE points clear at the top.Ange Postecoglou's men are.

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Oostende are hopeful of a "solution" that will allow them to sign Celtic prospect Osaze Urhoghide permanently. The Dutch defender, formerly of Sheffield ...

You can enter once each week to be in with a chance of winning. For your chance to win HOME tickets to cinch SPFL matches each week across ALL FOUR divisions just enter our competition below. Ganaye said his departure was a difficult one for the club to adapt to, adding that it took months to do so.

CELTIC look set to go NINE points clear at the top when they welcome St Johnstone to the East End of Glasgow.Ange Postecoglou's men are coming off the.

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Reo Hatate, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda put the league leaders in complete control at the break. Josip Juranovic, Matt O'Riley's double, and Liel ...

Matt O'Riley (Celtic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Matt O'Riley (Celtic) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Liel Abada (Celtic) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. We knew it was a dangerous game - they have been in good form. - Shots - 16Mahon It's a very hard place to come and get any points, so we've got to look beyond this to the next five games. It was important we started well. They're five points clear of the automatic relegation spot but six adrift of guaranteed safety. As for St Johnstone, this is the kind of hammering that could seriously affect confidence over the final five games. Nearly 1000 passes, countless good chances to win by more, and just one shot for St Johnstone all match. The players want to create something special for themselves and they're not going to let it go now."

CHRISTOPHER JULLIEN spent 18 months on the sidelines after a cruciate ligament injury. The Celtic defender was ruled out for a year-and-a-half after picking ...

“But when it happens you just have to be strong mentally and to keep looking forward. “It was really long and I definitely wouldn’t wish it on anyone in football because when you are playing you sometimes don’t pick up injuries. “In total, it was one year and a half.

CELTIC are bidding to go NINE clear at the top when they welcome St Johnstone to the East End of Glasgow.Ange Postecoglou's men are coming off their b.

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The Scotland u21s international hasn't played a Premiership match since December as Cameron Carter-Vickers and Carl Starfelt impress in central defence. He has ...

Every player in front of me has an opportunity to show what they can do." "You need to be ready and train hard every day. "We've got some fantastic players in the squad.

Celtic moved closer to the Premiership title with a seven-goal thrashing of second-bottom St Johnstone.

We have to look beyond this and look to the next five games. We are in a good space in terms of the quality of squad and all the guys are really pushing it.” “When you come to a place like this you can’t concede early and we were a goal-down after five minutes. A second goal seemed inevitable, but the McDiarmid Park men gave Celtic a helping hand. “It was a great performance and I think the score line reflected our dominance. Goals from Reo Hatate, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda gave the relentless home side an unassailable interval lead.

First half goals from Reo Hatate, Giorgios Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda were complemented by a Josip Juranovic penalty which put the result beyond doubt, but ...

First half goals from Reo Hatate, Giorgios Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda were complemented by a Josip Juranovic penalty which put the result beyond doubt, but there was still a sense of expectation at Celtic Park as the goals rolled in. The Greek pulled up injured shortly after but Postecoglou resisted temptation and kept the Parkhead crowd waiting, adding Liel Abada, rather than Furuhashi. Jota swapped wings and Maeda moved inside. By that time the stage was set, thanks in part to Furuhashi’s compatriots Hatate and the impressive Maeda buzzing all over the Saints’ back-line and almost impossible to track in a first half that put the result beyond doubt even then.

Postecoglou has had the Japanese striker fit two weeks but won't rush him back.

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CELTIC are bidding to tick off their last challenge before the split and go NINE clear at the top when they welcome St Johnstone to the East End of Gl.

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Celtic tightened their grip on the cinch Premiership title yet further with a 7-0 thrashing of second-bottom St Johnstone at Parkhead. Goals from Reo Hatate, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda gave the relentless Hoops an unassailable interval lead.

Abada came close with a drive and a free-kick before David Turnbull, on for Hatate, crossed for O’Riley to send a diving header past Clark and then, moments later, he drove a shot high past the St Johnstone keeper from just inside the box. Davidson brought on Cammy MacPherson and Tom Sang for Murray Davidson and Shaun Rooney at the start of the second half, with O’Riley on for Rogic. Booth was too short with his pass back to Clark in the 22nd minute and Giakoumakis nipped in and rounded the keeper before sliding the ball over the line from the tightest of angles.

Celtic manager, Ange Postecoglou, has delivered an injury update on Giorgos Giakoumakis, who was forced off the pitch against St Johnstone.

They put in a statement of intent, with a 7-0 win over St Johnstone, extending the gap at the top to 9 points. I’m hoping he’ll still be available for us in the run-in.” Since the turn of the year, Giorgos Giakoumakis has arguably been Celtic’s best player.

Match report as Celtic extend lead over Rangers to nine points in Scottish Premiership table with 7-0 win over St Johnstone at Celtic Park; Reo Hatate, ...

"Today we were just beaten by the better team, it's as simple as that. When we do that we have the quality in the team to blow teams away like we did today." When we didn't have the ball we were determined to get it back. Take away today's game and we've been in good form, on a winning streak. "We have a lot of contributors, which mean our training levels are at the best they have been all year. A second goal seemed inevitable, but the McDiarmid Park men gave Celtic a helping hand.

It wasn't strictly in celebration of the Bhoys but the culmination of a week-long campaign of action to raise awareness of mental health issues. The tifo was ...

I would urge everyone to check out that podcast – which is linked here – as well as the Twitter timeline of North Curve Celtic, who have summarised what they’ve been up to this week and why it matters. Guests included ex-professional footballer Andy McLaren, MMA fighter Chris Bungard, Andy “Pingu” – founder of the walk and talk CSC – and founder of the time to tackle mental health football initiative Aaron Connolly. It wasn’t strictly in celebration of the Bhoys but the culmination of a week-long campaign of action to raise awareness of mental health issues.

But with Rangers on the horizon in the Scottish Cup semi-final next weekend, the manager was hopeful he'd have the player back soon. "I'm not really sure at the ...

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Tony Haggerty's detailed player ratings after the Premiership victory over St Johnstone.

Matt O'Riley (for Tom Rogic, 46): The Denmark Under-21s midfielder came on for Tom Rogic at the break and it was his eye for the clever pass that saw Hatate upended for the penalty incident that brought about the fourth goal. Daizen Maeda: The Japanese forward has an incredible work-rate and he guided Jota's cross into the net quite superbly with his head for the third goal and the seventh of his Celtic career. He only got 45 here but it was his dancing feet and fantastic skill that saw him drift into the box in 13 minutes but he succeeded in only toe-poking the ball off Clark's legs when he ought to have made it 2-0 and he made way for Matt O'Riley at the break. It was his cute lay-off to Hatate that opened up the space for the Japanese midfielder to net the first after just eight minutes. He seemed to enjoy the extra responsibility and acted as a playmaker at times by striding forward and setting up attacks. He loves to gallop forward and he gets up and down the right-hand side at will.

Ange Postecoglou's side are nine points clear in the title race as they look to wrestle the trophy away from the defending champions.

Celtic moved nine points clear at the top of the table on Saturday with a stellar 7-0 win over St Johnstone at Parkhead. And it's understood Ange Postecoglou and Giovanni van Bronckhorst will meet again at Celtic Park in the next round of league games. The final stages of the campaign were teed up on Saturday as the top and bottom six were confirmed on a dramatic afternoon.

Match report and highlights as Celtic extend lead over Rangers to nine points in Scottish Premiership table with 7-0 win over St Johnstone at Celtic Park; ...

"Today we were just beaten by the better team, it's as simple as that. When we do that we have the quality in the team to blow teams away like we did today." When we didn't have the ball we were determined to get it back. Take away today's game and we've been in good form, on a winning streak. "We have a lot of contributors, which mean our training levels are at the best they have been all year. A second goal seemed inevitable, but the McDiarmid Park men gave Celtic a helping hand.

MATT O'RILEY hailed returning Hoops hero Kyogo Furuhashi.The Japanese international hadn't featured for Celtic since limping off against St Johnst.

“We don’t want to be too reliant on one or two guys for our goals. “We need to keep pushing each other to get places in the team. “It is an important part of who we want to be as a team. We always want to take it to the next level, so we’re never going to sit back and relax.” “There were a couple of times when I tried to thread the ball through to him and his positioning was top class. He said: “I’ve only trained with Kyogo a couple of times and I could see he’s a really top player.

CELTIC manager Ange Postecoglou is happy for any one of his players to become the club's new Hampden hero.

There is going to be an edge to it, the atmosphere is going to be unbelievable. We will all be excited about being part of it and hopefully being successful in it.” “And it is a Cup semi final. For us we go into every game and try to be the best we can be. It fell to Cameron last week to score the winner. I think the beauty of our team is that we are not going to be relying on just one person.

Celtic had to undergo a summer squad overhaul as well, with twelve new players arriving while key stars like Scott Brown, Ryan Christie, Odsonne Edouard, ...

With the way that things are going, it is very possible that Premier League clubs might have their eyes on Postecoglou. When the manager arrived in the summer, many had viewed his appointment as a panic move on the part of the Hoops after they had failed to bring in Eddie Howe, after being linked with him for months. Some rumours have been doing the rounds about Postecoglou’s contract situation at the club over the past few days.

It was an afternoon to forget for Saints today as they suffered a 7-0 defeat to league leaders Celtic in the east end of Glasgow.

Abada then saw his right footed strike go wide of the mark on 81 minutes before O’Riley, who was looking to complete his hat-trick, fired wide shortly after. However, the Danish under 21 internationalist wasn’t to be denied with 20 minutes remaining as he got on the end of a David Turnbull cross to plant a powerful header beyond Clark. 6 minutes into the second half The Bhoys were given the chance to make it 4-0 after they were awarded a penalty following a foul on Hatate by Sang just inside the box. The Japanese midfielder then almost got his and Celtic’s second of the game on 10 minutes but Clark made another great save as he turned the ball behind for a corner. Then with 9 minutes of the first half remaining Celtic got a third as Jota’s cross was perfect for Maeda who headed home from close range. James Brown failed to clear the ball and Hatate latched onto it as he lashed a low strike from 18 yards across Clark and into the bottom corner.

Match report and highlights as Celtic extend lead over Rangers to nine points in Scottish Premiership table with 7-0 win over St Johnstone at Celtic Park; ...

"Today we were just beaten by the better team, it's as simple as that. When we do that we have the quality in the team to blow teams away like we did today." When we didn't have the ball we were determined to get it back. Take away today's game and we've been in good form, on a winning streak. "We have a lot of contributors, which mean our training levels are at the best they have been all year. A second goal seemed inevitable, but the McDiarmid Park men gave Celtic a helping hand.

The forward was jeered by a section of home fans at Parkhead during his final appearance in a friendly against West Ham last summer.

“People will always say that I took the p**s and this and that but all I wanted to do was work hard. “If I was playing at home I was going to be booed by my own fans and the away fans. The next chapter in the most colourful of careers is still to be written. He said: “I am scared. I spoke to people at Celtic and the other people involved in the entire investigation process. I left that game, climbed into the car and drove back home. It sounds strange but I can’t be a player who is booed both home and away. I had to come back and do a mini pre-season. “That’s Scottish football in a nutshell. “It was established that I hadn’t done anything wrong. He said: “I did leave Celtic with regrets about the way it all ended. “My reply is this: Just let me go out and play football.

Celtic Park's DJ used to play the Magnificent Seven theme regularly, and had just cause to give it another spin on Saturday against St Johnstone.

Judging by the way he was retrieving the ball deep beyond the 80th minute he probably still had the stamina for the 7km Aintree course. In a performance that provided so much, including a rare James McCarthy appearance, something was lost. The pre-billed return of Kyogo Furuhashi received the biggest cheer of several on Saturday afternoon.

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“The semi-final will be a completely new game. I also feel that he believes in me a lot and I’m really happy about that. There is a large group of staff here and they are all contributing a lot. He said: “Cameron’s been a very good player for us and I enjoy playing with him a lot. He claims every Hoops player is left in no doubt of what’s expected from the Australian. We managed to get 2-1 ahead against Rangers last Sunday and knew the game meant so much for the fans.

Michael Stewart has declared the Scottish Premiership title race over after Celtic's 7-0 thumping of St Johnstone sent them nine points clear.

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Celtic will be without Giorgos Giakoumakis when they face Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi-final.

He didn’t think it was too bad but he could feel something. Sadly, there is no chance that he will now be fit to face Rangers in the Scottish Cup semi-finals next Sunday. Giorgos Giakoumakis found the net for the 13th time early in the clash on Saturday but shortly after he found himself back in the dressing room, limping off injured.

CARL STARFELT has seemingly been identified by many opposition fans as a weak link in Celtic's defence.

So he had to work hard through his rehab and he has got himself back in the frame. “Since he has done that he is carrying out his role really well for us. “In the first game against Hearts he hadn’t even trained with us, he maybe had one session. Postecoglou added: “He has done well. “Like Carl he had a difficult start to the season for a number of reasons but he has rolled his sleeves up and got on with it and it is good to see him playing well.” He has adapted to the sort of football we want to play and yeah he has been great for us.

A CELTIC player was involved in a car crash outside the club's stadium yesterday evening.The incident happened not long after Celtic beat St Johnstone.

"When we do that we have the quality in the team to blow teams away like we did today." They worked their socks off today. "Police attended the scene, enquiries are complete and no charges have been brought against the driver.

European football raged on last week without Celtic and saw the Old Firm, the last remaining Scottish club involved, play in the quarter final first leg of ...

And of course after that Europa League quarter final tie is concluded van Bronckhorst has only two days to prepare his already tired Old Firm players for the Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic at Hampden a week today. Maybe Celtic losing to Norwegian side Bodo Glimt was a blessing in disguise as Ange Postecoglou’s side eye a domestic treble in the Australian’s first season in charge? Tired legs could play a significant role in the way the Old Firm’s season unfolds over the next week. There were media reports on Friday morning that Giovanni van Bronckhorst is planning on rested tired Old Firm legs today with the Europa League second leg on Thursday night in mind. Braga hit the inside of the post with one effort and had another goal ruled out by VAR so the Old Firm manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst will know that the result could have been much worse and that this Europa League quarter final is far from over. We always want a good result to take back to the second game,” the Old Firm manager said on Thursday night.

Leigh Griffiths has admitted he was blown away by Ange Postecoglou – despite the Aussie being the man who decided his Celtic career was over.

“If I was playing at home I was going to be booed by my own fans and the away fans. I left that game, climbed into the car and drove back home. “It was established that I hadn’t done anything wrong.

Former Hearts midfielder and BBC Scotland pundit Michael Stewart has praised Matt O'Riley for his second-half impact in Saturday's 7-0 win over St Johnstone.

“The composure, the balance and the accuracy when it comes into him in such a tight area with so many players around him. Since his arrival, O’Riley has laid down a marker in terms of performances, which have also helped raise the game of the likes of Tom Rogic and Reo Hatate. There’s stiff competition in the middle of the park for Celtic, and Matt O’Riley has come in to do extremely well.

The Falkirk striker has accused the pundit of 'double standards' in his criticism while running a mental health charity.

“Two of my kids are about to turn eleven years-old and one of them has been getting a bit of abuse at school about what happened with me last summer. He added: “I hear some of the stories which have been doing the rounds about me. You can enter once each week to be in with a chance of winning. For your chance to win HOME tickets to cinch SPFL matches each week across ALL FOUR divisions just enter our competition below. I remember when I was off work in 2019 and some of the stories I heard about myself and my kids would hear were unbelievable. It’s hypocrisy and double standards.”

Rangers have to win to keep their slims hopes of winning the title alive, a week after playing Celtic in Scottish Cup semis.

You can enter once each week to be in with a chance of winning. For your chance to win HOME tickets to cinch SPFL matches each week across ALL FOUR divisions just enter our competition below. The final Old Firm derby of the Premiership season is set to be the first post-split fixture for Celtic and Rangers.