Ange Postecoglou has warned Celtic fans to expect changes as his side prepares to take on St Mirren in the Scottish Premiership tomorrow.
The Scottish champions have had few days to recover from their League Cup semi-final victory over Kilmarnock and as a result fresh faces are set to come into the side.
Postecoglou has also confirmed some positive news on the injury front.
Ahead of tomorrow's league clash, the Celtic manager said: “It’s fair to say the game itself and obviously the conditions took a fair bit out of the boys.
“I haven’t kind of made final decisions yet but there will be some changes tomorrow.
“I think both because it took a fair bit out of the lads on the weekend and also we need to kind of freshen up the team I feel.
“So we’ll make a few changes, obvious the pleasing thing for me is guys who have been out recently Haksabanovic, Ralston, Welsh and McCarthy are all training and available. Obviously from my perspective, we’ve got some options there now and Alistair Johnston is good now after not starting the weekend game.
“It’s fair to say we’ll make some changes tomorrow off the back of the weekend game but also it’s a good one to sort of freshen up the team a bit.”
Meanwhile, Giorgos Giakoumakis remains a Celtic player ahead of Wednesday’s cinch Premiership clash with St Mirren despite mounting speculation over a transfer, manager Ange Postecoglou confirmed.
Urawa Red Diamonds are reported to be close to securing a £3.5million switch to Japan for the Greece striker, but Postecoglou has not had any definite information on a deal from chief executive Michael Nicholson.
“It is pretty much the same,” Postecoglou said. “As I said, Michael is dealing with all that stuff and, as we sit right here, nobody is leaving or coming.
“There is always going to be speculation around the place but from our perspective at this moment there is nothing definite happening.”
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