It is Scottish Cup action this weekend as Celtic take on Raith Rovers.
The Hoops welcome their Scottish Championship opponents to Glasgow in the 5.30pm kick-off as they look to continue the momentum from their 6-0 hammering of Dundee.
Coming out with a strong result and performance will also suit Brendan Rodgers ahead of their Champions League glamour tie with Bayern Munich with Vincent Kompany ready to take his Bundesliga giants to Scotland next week.
But full focus must be on Rovers this weekend to avoid any slip-ups in the hunt for another domestic Treble under the gaffer.
Celtic’s squad were put through their paces at Lennoxtown this morning and 67 Hail Hail pored over the club’s official footage to see what we could pick out.
Here are some takeaways from today’s session.
Greg Taylor full focus on Celtic
The left-back has been linked with a move to Dinamo and was wanted by the Croatian giants in January.
That did not materialise but a pre-contract was seemingly agreed earlier this week which would see GT3 leave the club on a free in the summer.
Sources in Croatia confirmed that to 67HH but Scottish-based contacts have since refuted that rumour.
Still, the 27-year-old was fully dialed in and focused on the task at hand in the Scottish Cup this weekend.
Jeffrey Schlupp working hard
Taylor’s left-back challenger this season is Crystal Palace loanee Schlupp who arrived on deadline day.
There was not much fanfare for the 32-year-old but that was more down to a lack of a striker joining him as opposed to the player himself.
The Ghana international has already made his debut off the bench in the 6-0 hammering of Dundee and looked composed.
And he was happy to do the running in training today ahead of what could be his first start on Saturday evening.
Yang won’t give up Celtic spot
All the talk has been about Jota and Nicolas Kuhn with Daizen Maeda also in player of the year form this season.
The Portuguese winger cried happy tears after scoring vs Motherwell while both Kuhn and Maeda netted the following match against the Dees.
It looks to have signaled the end of Yang Hyun-jun‘s run in the starting lineup after some recent outings but the South Korean continues to get his head down and work as hard as ever.
He has had a tough time of it so far with some critics but his work ethic has never been questioned.
Still, he’ll have a hard time dislodging any of the players ahead of him in the pecking order now.
Brendan Rodgers barking orders
Rodgers seemingly took a back seat in coaching his squad earlier this season.
The manager revealed as much after Celtic beat Rangers in the Premier Sports Cup Final.
That has not prevented him from shouting his demands when he is on the grass with his team.
And this morning was no different.
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