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Ben Banks

Ange Postecoglou puts Celtic full stop on admiring glances as boss adamant 'private number' is hard to get

Ange Postecoglou says his phone number is kept close to his chest - and that means few clubs will be ringing him directly to try and tempt him from Celtic.

The Australian's high-octane style of football and Premiership title glory last season has attracted big name links south of the border. Brighton and Wolves are two English Premier League sides who have been rumoured with making the 57-year-old their boss but the man himself insists he's too focused on the job at hand in Glasgow to worry about those.

Even if he was, picking up the phone isn't on his job spec, making sure Celtic maintain their momentum in the Premiership title race and succeeding long-term very much are. Postecoglou told Fox : “It doesn’t work that way mate, I don’t field calls! I’ve got a pretty private number. And people go through different channels for that. But it doesn’t come on my radar.

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