Ange Postecoglou has promised his treble-chasing Celtic facet will probably be something however complacent on this weekend’s Scottish Cup remaining towards second-tier Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Hampden Park.
Postecoglou’s feedback got here as Celtic nice Charlie Nicholas urged the previous Socceroos coach to not “turn his back” on the Hoops by leaving them after Sunday morning’s remaining to hitch English Premier League membership Tottenham.
“Becoming Tottenham boss would bring a different torment to Ange Postecoglou, so I hope he doesn’t turn his back on Celtic and (UEFA) Champions League football for the Premier League’s great non-achievers,” Nicholas wrote in his Scottish Daily Express column.
“I am hopeful he won’t take the job because there’s too much doubt surrounding Spurs just now.
“Postecoglou has built something special at Parkhead and I’d love to see him have another crack at Europe’s elite with the Hoops.”
Postecoglou’s “special” stint at Celtic has him on the verge of a fifth piece of silverware in simply two seasons with the Hoops.
His workforce will begin as overwhelming favourites within the Cup remaining however is cautious of a Thistle facet that has knocked Celtic out of the competitors 3 times this century
“The people at this club … tell me about the past results against them, which makes you realise that if you are not on it on the day you can be beaten and there’s consequences to that,” Postecoglou instructed Celtic TV.
“I can assure you that no one in the building here is going into it with anything other than the approach that we have to be at our absolute best on the day.
“Who the opponent is becomes secondary to the fact that you know you need to perform on the day and if you do there is a massive reward at the end of it.”
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