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Ben Banks

Mohanad Jeahze and Celtic transfer latest as Ange Postecoglou insists he doesn't know who Hammarby star is

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou is set to savour a 10th Hoops Premiership crown in 11 years - but insists there's been no transfer talks with reported target Mohanad Jeahze.

It's set to be a momentous occasion at Parkhead this Saturday as they lift the title against Motherwell.

Postecoglou has oversaw a squad overhaul and defied critics to make his first term in Glasgow a rousing success.

They'll be keen to build on this momentum with more silverware next season and one player linked with helping them in that quest is left-back Jeahze.

Hammarby IF's Iraq international was reported to be closing in on a move to the Premiership, but Postecoglou is none the wiser to such a transfer.

His full focus is on a title day to remember at Parkhead as his first 10 months in the Celtic hotseat culminates in claiming the kings of Scotland title and Champions League group stage football.

An added element of emotion will beckon too as long-serving midfielder Nir Bitton and Tom Rogic bring the curtains down on their green and white spells after nine years.

On Jeahze, the Australian said: “I don’t know the one you’re talking about. We haven’t had any discussions with any player about bringing them in right now.

"There’s nothing that will be concluded in the next week or so.

"I think it's a great day for our football club. It doesn't always happen when these things reach a conclusion, sometimes it can be a pretty brutal industry.

"But in this scenario we get to honour two of our greats and they get the opportunity to say goodbye in front of 60,000 at Celtic Park as champions.

"It is brilliant. There were plenty of motivations to win the title this year, not least that we obviously didn't win it last year.

"Knowing potentially that the extra carrot was there (Champions League football) was a massive motivator.

"I felt it was a great way for us to accelerate our growth as a football club with us being involved at that level and getting exposed to that level: our players, our team, our football club, that is the level we want to be at every year.

"We all know the qualifying process is not straightforward. It affects your pre-season, it affects the time off players have, there are all these ramifications.

"It affects your recruiting because you just don't know, are you recruiting for the Champions League or are you not?

"So all those kinds of things, we can now work with a lot more certainty this off-season and give the players a break, have a really good pre-season and identify the players we want knowing we are going to be playing in the Champions League."

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