Celtic

Operating within Scottish football means their business model requires them to asset manage coveted talents. As far as Ange Postecoglou is concerned, ...

He’s proven that he can play at the highest level. He’s shown he can play at the very highest level. [Malky Mackay](/topic/malky-mackay) to declare [Celtic](/topic/celtic) must have attracted bids from major clubs down south for the playmaker.

Celtic are back in Premiership action as they travel to Dingwall for the lunchtime kick-off trying to get the gap over Rangers back to nine points at the ...

A shock win for Malky McKay's men would put them five clear of Dundee United at the bottom but it's going to be a very difficult task against a [Celtic](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/celtic-fc) side that have lost just once in the league all season. [Ross County](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/ross-county-fc) are desperate for wins too as they try to avoid relegation or the playoffs and after Kilmarnock's win over Hearts on Saturday, they are four points behind their rivals. [Ange Postecoglou](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/ange-postecoglou) will know he needs to have team ready for this one but they have been all season so you'd expect Celtic to play in a similar way to what they often do.

The Brighton winger has been excellent since moving to England but he could have been a Celtic player.

“He and Mitoma broke through at the same time. Kyogo has been a key player over his two seasons at the club so far while [Reo Hatate](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/reo-hatate) and Daizen Maeda have been pivotal figures since joining last January. Him and Kyogo were the first two players I tried to bring across. The Japan winger has been excellent for Brighton this season after making the move from Kawasaki Frontale and spending his first season in Europe out on loan at Union Saint-Gilloise. [Celtic](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/celtic-fc) manager's list along with [Kyogo Furuhashi](https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/all-about/kyogo-furuhashi) as the first players he wanted to bring from the J-League to Scotland, and he's had success shopping in that market ever since. But he could have been a Celtic player if Postecoglou had his way but the deal with Brighton was already too far down the line to get it done.

Celtic were dealt a further injury blow as Greg Taylor hobbled off against Ross County after Reo Hatate and Aaron Mooy failed to make the squad.

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Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou has revealed that he "tried" to sign reported Man Utd target Kaoru Mitoma before he joined Brighton.

Celtic travel to Dingwall this afternoon as they face Ross County. The Scottish Champions return to domestic duty following the international break and ...

The SFA have confirmed the matchday officials with veteran whistleblower Collum as the man in the middle. Callum McGregor played 180 minutes for Scotland but he will play the deep lying role in the centre of the midfield. The winger is joined by Tony Ralston and Liel Abada in the treatment room.

Usual starters Reo Hatate and Aaron Mooy are both missing from the squad but Daizen Maeda returns after suffering an injury scare on international duty. Joe ...

At the bottom of the table, County will be looking to increase their four point lead over 12th placed Dundee United and cut the gap to tenth placed Kilmarnock. Rangers cut the gap at the top of the table to six points with their 2-0 win over Dundee United at Ibrox on Saturday. Top scorer Kyogo Furuhashi leads the line with Jota and Maeda at either side of him.

FORMER Celtic star Scott Sinclair is clearly still in great shape judging by his-muscle popping gym snap.The Hoops fan favourite's physique is not bad.

[Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/football/) [In his Instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqh3DIqIVAf/?hl=en), the former Chelsea forward showed-off his six pack, the Bristol Rovers man declared he was “Back in the lab..!!!” [Bristol Rovers](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/team/252317/bristol-rovers/) in October 2022 on an initial [short-term deal until January](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/9624916/celtic-scott-sinclair-bristol-rovers-rangers-joey-barton/). [English Premier League](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/english-premier-league/) frontman Victor Anichebe, who played with Sinclair at [West Bromwich Albion](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/team/178541/west-brom/), cheekily replied: “You’re just trying to outdo me 😂💪🏾”. [Preston North End](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/team/259004/preston-north-end/), Sinclair is seeing out the twilight years of his career back where it all started for him at the Memorial Stadium. [Hoops ](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/team/14914/celtic/)fan favourite's physique is not bad for a 34-year-old.

Celtic have taken the lead over Ross County thanks to a penalty from Jota. Willie Collum was told to check for a potential handball on the stroke of ...

However, Ange’s team have been the better side. Celtic have taken the lead over Ross County thanks to a penalty from Jota. Iacovitti was penalised after Cameron Carter-Vickers header was blocked by the County defender’s arm.

Live coverage followed by match report of Sunday's Scottish Premiership game between Ross County and Celtic.

Josh Sims (Ross County) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Attempt blocked. Alexandro Bernabei (Celtic) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. - Away9 - Home2 - Shots - 6Iacovitti - 30Smith - 2Randall - 1Laidlaw "They make it awfully hard to play in any kind of space. I'm so proud of the players and, if we play like that in the last eight games, we'll give anyone a game and get points on the board."

The Premiership champions are on course for a second successive title as they kept their nine point lead over Rangers.

Even if it did, it was an incredibly harsh decision to award the spot kick but Jota wasn't going to complain as he stepped up and fired it into the back of the net. Nobody claimed for anything at the time and when a VAR check was first mentioned, it was believed to be for an incident with Kyogo which happened just outside the box. It's fair to say the handball rule has caused controversy and it was the same again today as Celtic were awarded a penalty for an incredibly harsh incident right at the end of the first half. And they might be a bit angry about the goal that Celtic did score given it came from the penalty spot with the final kick of the first half of the game. And Football Scotland take a look at the two big VAR calls on the day. Malky McKay's men are sitting in the relegation playoff place but they didn't just sit in and they showed some attacking quality as well during the second half but couldn't find an equaliser.

CELTIC star Benjamin Siegrist has been reunited with his Australian girlfriend after a 'long few months apart.' Reality TV star Brittany Hockley has made ...

Him and Kyogo were the first two players I tried to bring across. [Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/football/) She went public with the goalkeeper back in February after a couple of months of dating. After a whirlwind romance, the couple enjoyed a trip to Paris with Brittany also making her first trip to Celtic Park, but they have had to do things long distance since. Taking to Instagram, she posted a video of the moment they reunited, with Brittany giving Siegrist a fright as he made his way out of his front door. [Siegrist met Brittany on a celebrity dating app](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/10153152/celtic-benji-siegrist-celebrity-wag-brittany-hockley-australia/) when [Celtic](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/team/14914/celtic/) were on their tour down under during the [World Cup](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/topic/world-cup/) break.

The Parkhead boss spoke about the left-back's knee problem after the Ross County match.

"The hunger's there," he said of Iwata. Not only will you receive this article from Sean Martin, Tony Haggerty or Aidan Macdonald (or, sometimes, all three) but you will also get easy access to our best content from the last 24 hours too. You can already find us on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram but we will also send bespoke opinion pieces and special features every day directly to your email inbox every evening. He said: "He's alright, I think it's just a dead leg. "Hopefully next week," Postecoglou told Sky Sports when asked if Hatate would be back soon. Taylor is not the only injury concern facing Postecoglou.

Celtic moved nine points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership after securing a hard-fought 2-0 win against Ross County at Victoria Park on Sunday.

[Celtic](/sport/teampages/celtic.html) moved nine points clear at the top of the Scottish Premiership after securing a hard-fought 2-0 win against Ross County at Victoria Park on Sunday. - The result sees Ange Postecoglou's Hoops go nine clear at the top of the table Ross County 0-2 Celtic: Jota on the spot and Bernabei nets late on as Ange Postecoglou's side go nine points clear of Rangers in the Scottish Premiership

The Irishman was at the helm for over four years after his shock Parkhead exit but it's come to a hasty end.

“The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear. Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the Board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status. But it was a disastrous campaign for Rodgers and his players and they now face the very real prospect of relegation.

Leicester chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha said: “The achievements of the team under Brendan's management speak for themselves – we've experienced some of ...

“The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear. Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the Board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status. Rodgers left Celtic in February 2019 to join Leicester and was replaced by Neil Lennon but the Foxes will now be on the lookout for another manager to try and keep them up.

Ross County remain second bottom of the Scottish Premiership with eight games to go following their 2-0 home defeat against red-hot title favourites and ...

Willie Collum’s moment in the spotlight came with that VAR check for the penalty. The headline team-news for County was a first start for 16-year-old defender Dylan Smith, who has just been part of Scotland’s qualifiers for next summer’s Under-17 Euros in Hungary. County were keeping the positions well and getting challenges in when it mattered. There was a sense of pride in this performance from County at full-time and they have to take that into their remaining games with plenty at stake. Celtic were upping the ante in their bid to kill the contest, with a couple of balls in and around the six-yard box going abegging and substitute Oh smashing a low effort wide of the left post. The turning point of the penalty after a satisfactory first 44 minutes was a bitter one for County. It was Iacovitti to the rescue on 55 minutes as he slid to to clear a net-bound Jota shot off the goal-line as it seemed as if he might just bury it from a tight angle. That was a cruel way for County to head inside at half-time, given what they had put into the contest in the first 45 minutes. A cross into the box was adjudged to have come off Alex Iacovtti’s arm and, from the spot-kick, Jota buried the ball into the net with conviction. [was turned into a 2-1 Celtic win.](https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/ross-county/5520589/livingston-2-1-ross-county-the-verdict-player-ratings-talking-points-and-star-man-as-staggies-fail-to-recover-from-quickfire-first-half-double-blow/) [After the drama of Scotland’s remarkable Euro 2024 qualifying win against Spain on Tuesday](https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/football/scottish/5555974/scotland-fan-view-scott-mctominay-hampden-folklore/), it was back to the tension at the bottom and top ends of the table for these respective teams. It was patient, composed play from Celtic and County were waiting for the moment, pinching possession when they could and made attacks without asking major questions as the first half ticked along. Jota’s penalty put the defending champions in front on the stroke of half-time, which was a result of a VAR check, then Alexandro Bernabei capped off the visitors’ win in the final moments.

Celtic maintained their nine-point advantage over Rangers at the top of the cinch Premiership after defeating Ross County 2-0 in Dingwall.

The left-back went close again in the last minute of the first half when his shot from 12 yards out was superbly saved by Ross Laidlaw. The half-time whistle sounded immediately afterwards and several County players surrounded Collum to protest the decision before making their way up the tunnel. The Hoops went desperately close in the 42nd minute when Greg Taylor cut in from the left and unleashed a sumptuous shot from the angle of the box that came off the far post.

Stiliyan Petrov reckons Ange Postecoglou will stay at Celtic for "another few years" but admits he expects links to the vacant Leicester City post.

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Marc was walking down a street in the city of Pattaya when he spotted the man dressed in the Glasgow club's iconic green and white top.

He wouldn’t let me take a picture of him." [here](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). [Glasgow Live reports](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/glasgow).

Celtic's new signing Tomoki Iwata is unveiled on the pitch at half time during the cinch Premiership match at Celtic Park, Glasgow. Picture date: Saturday ...

Mark O’Hara scored two penalties either side of a Tony Watt goal in a 3-0 win which lifted them from seventh place up to fifth, one point ahead of Hibernian and two ahead of Livi. Malik Tillman joined the Light Blues last summer on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich with Rangers having the option of making the move permanent. [Ange Postecoglou](/topic/ange-postecoglou) said he was “the one who looked most sure-footed in terms of the pitch and the handling of the ball”.

The Premier League club this afternoon confirmed the former Celtic boss will depart the King Power Stadium after a meeting with club chiefs.

Not only will you receive this article from Sean Martin, Tony Haggerty or Aidan Macdonald (or, sometimes, all three) but you will also get easy access to our best content from the last 24 hours too. Regrettably, the desired improvement has not been forthcoming and, with 10 games of the season remaining, the Board is compelled to take alternative action to protect our Premier League status. “The task ahead of us in our final 10 games is clear. You can already find us on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram but we will also send bespoke opinion pieces and special features every day directly to your email inbox every evening. Our Celtic Digest newsletter brings exclusive content directly to you rather than solely through the website. It had been our belief that continuity and stability would be key to correcting our course, particularly given our previous achievements under Brendan’s management.

Adam Devine, Bailey Rice and keeper Lewis Budinauckas all saw red for Rangers as tempers flared with Celtic emerging victorious in a fiery Lowland League ...

The game finished 3-1 but not before Devine, another familiar face on the first-team scene at Ibrox, walked for a second yellow of his own as they saw out the closing stages with just eight men. And as frustrations began to show among the home ranks Rice, who made his debut for The first of THREE reds arrived when home shot-stopper Budinauckas handled the ball outside his area, with Ben Quin beating sub keeper Jacob Pazikas to equalise just before the break. It looked as if Rangers would be moving to within just one point of top spot when Aaron Lyall's powerful finish gave them the opener....but then all hell began to break loose. Rangers and [Celtic](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/all-about/celtic-fc) went into the second derby of the season in second and third respectively and both desperately needing a victory to stay in touch with the leaders.