Ange Postecoglou has dropped an eleventh-hour Celtic transfer hint that could signal more incomings before tomorrow's deadline slams shut.
And it is signal that the Hoops boss admitted he won't have for the next few hours as Celtic travel home from a comfortable 4-1 win against Ross County in the Premier Sports Cup. It was wholesale changes from the side who thumped Dundee United, but with ever-reliable captain Callum McGregor opening the scoring. Goals from Giorgos Giakoumakis, Daizen Maeda and James Forrest then sealed the deal in Dingwall.
It was also a first outing in green and white for Sead Haksabanovic from the bench, with Alexandro Bernabei given his first start since arriving in the summer. And among the new recruits being shown, Postecoglou hinted that there could more to come before midnight on Thursday.
He told Premier Sports: "There's some things happening but I'll be on a bus for the next few hours, so I'll find out when I get off! "It's a pain isn't it [having no signal] but I'm sure other people are working on it."
Celtic will now face Motherwell in the quarter-finals of the competition, and Postecoglou admits the focus hadn't been on the clash with Rangers until the game in Dingwall was in the books.
He added: "I'm really pleased with the boys efforts tonight, and we're in the draw which is good. "A lot of the boys were playing their first games today but we kept saying they've been training really well and deserve an opportunity - performance levels didn't drop at all. I made nine changes which will always disrupt cohesion in the squad a little bit, but I thought the boys played some really good football against a difficult team and venue, and to come away with a 4-1 victory is brilliant.
"As I said, we've made nine changes and after the weekend it would've been easy for us to lose focus a little bit. But the boys that came in did superb jobs, obviously our football was good, it isn't an easy place and every time we've come here we've got gradually stronger and controlling games. We put everything into today's game and that's how it's been all along, that's been our focus - we haven't looked beyond today. Now that today's done, we'll get recovered, we'll get back to Glasgow, we'll train tomorrow in a normal process and look forward to Saturday."
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