Celtic are set to hold new contract talks with Ange Postecoglou as a reward for his debut season double-winning heroics.
The Aussie has upset the odds to return the title to Parkhead in his first year and just 12 months after the brutal collapse of the 10-in-a-row bid.
Celtic clinched the Premiership crown with a game to spare at Tannadice on Wednesday evening to set up a party at Parkhead in Saturday’s final game of the season against Motherwell.
Attention will then turn to the next stage of Postecoglou’s rebuild with a money-spinning place in the Champions League group stage now secure.
And the Hoops hierarchy plan to open talks with the boss himself and his representatives over the coming weeks as they look to tie the 56-year-old former Socceroos boss down for the long-term.
The Celtic board have been delighted with the progress the club has made on and off the pitch and know Postecoglou has been central to that.
After clinching the title with the 1-1 draw at Dundee United, Celtic will go directly into the group stages of the Champions League and will net a game-changing £40 million in the process.
Postecoglou initially penned a one-year rolling contract when he arrived from Japanese side Yokohma F Marinos last summer.
But the Celtic board want to reward him with improved terms and are also keen to open negotiations over a longer deal.
Postecoglou had won titles in Australia and Japan and now adds Scotland to that impressive list.
The 56-year-old was relatively unknown to Celtic fans when their club turned to him after a move for Eddie Howe collapsed last summer.
He rebuilt a squad that had run out of steam in their 10-in-a-row charge.
Postecoglou brought in the likes of Joe Hart, Carl Starfelt, Josip Juranovic, Kyogo Furuhashi, Liel Abada and Georgios Giakoumakis, while Cameron Carter-Vickers and Jota arrived on-loan with options to buy.
It was a rocky start as his new-look team took time to find their feet and fell out of the Champions League.
He kept faith in his style and it started to pay off on the park and then he strengthened his squad further in January with the captures of Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate, Yosuke Ideguchi and Matt O’Riley.
