Ange Postecoglou: Celtic boss says Spurs' interest 'doesn't register'

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Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou during a Celtic Scottish Cup photocall astatine Lennoxtown

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou says reported involvement from Tottenham "doesn't register" with him arsenic helium prepares for the Scottish Cup final.

Some media outlets accidental Spurs are preparing to determination for the Australian aft Celtic's gathering with Inverness Caledonian Thistle connected Saturday.

Postecoglou insisted the latest reports person not changed his thinking.

"Somebody other was favourite past week, weren't they? So no, it doesn't register," helium said.

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"I get each the involvement and wherefore radical emotion to speculate connected these things.

"But we've worked truly really hard to get ourselves successful this presumption and for maine to fto my caput rotation astir thing other different than getting our squad prepared for a large time connected Saturday, it's conscionable not who I am."

Victory against Inverness CT astatine Hampden would unafraid a home treble for Celtic, and a 5th trophy retired of six disposable successful Scotland for Postecoglou.

The 57-year-old, who is connected a 12-month rolling contract, has been linked with different jobs successful the Premier League and was asked if helium could reassure fans helium would beryllium astatine the nine adjacent season.

"Our supporters privation to rotation up connected cupful time and observe and marque definite it's a peculiar day," helium said.

"Because thing I accidental now, volition mean perfectly zero if we don't triumph connected Saturday. I tin archer you that. That's my absorption due to the fact that it's my responsibility. That won't change. I've been beauteous wide connected that.

"It's a monolithic relation to beryllium manager of this shot nine and for maine to beryllium dismissive of perchance our biggest crippled of the twelvemonth is conscionable not going to happen."

Kyogo 'bullish' astir fitness

Kyogo Furuhashi, who has 33 goals this season, limped disconnected successful past week's 5-0 triumph implicit Aberdeen and Postecoglou revealed that the Japanese striker has not trained this week.

However, the Celtic brag confirmed the program is for Kyogo to bid connected Friday earlier making a telephone connected his fittingness for the final.

"He's inactive beauteous bullish astir playing truthful we'll spot however it goes," Postecoglou explained.

"We'll beryllium guided by him. He's precise beardown mentally, truthful if helium gives america the greenish airy we'll enactment him successful there."

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