Alistair Johnston says Celtic are not bothered by the noise over Ange Postecoglou with all focus on lifting the Scottish Cup.
The Hoops gaffer has been strongly linked with the vacant post at Tottenham with Daniel Levy believed to have installed him as his 'preferred candidate'. All the talk in the build up to facing Inverness at Hampden tomorrow has been dominated by talk over the future of the 57-year-old - who himself has said all that is on his mind is trying to secure the Treble.
Johnston admits the players hear all the noise and see it on Sky Sports but they don't let it in and just focus on the task at hand. Talk is unlikely to go away in the aftermath of the 5.30pm kick-off tomorrow but no one inside Parkhead is worrying with just 90 minutes potentially between themselves and another historic season.
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He said: "Trust me, we all hear the noise. We have got Sky Sports on and it seems like every other story that's running is that one.
"But it comes from the top down for us; Cal doesn't let any noise in and the gaffer definitely doesn't let any noise in. It's just been the gaffer as I know him and I don't think anyone was expecting anything different.
"This ship is steering straight where it needs to go right to that cup final. We just don't let that kind of stuff creep into the building in terms of letting guys' heads turn.
"That's super important and I think that goes to show why this club has been so successful, we don't let that kind of stuff affect players.
"You can always tell when someone's head is turned or something is going on, they just play a little bit off, or they don't truly feel all the way there.
"But that's never been the case at all in my time here. Even when guys were leaving, and guys did leave in that January window, everyone was still training as hard as possible up until the day they left.
"I found that very impressive but, again, that comes from the top down. You are not allowed to have a wandering eye, because if you do you are going to get found out and this squad is so deep that you will be out of the squad as quick as that. That's what we have here and I think that's really special.
"I know there's a lot of talk but we are not bothered, we are not worrying about that, we are just focused on this cup final."
The Canada international has not felt the need for anyone inside Celtic Park to give the players any reassurances over Postecoglou's future.
He added: "None of it's really needed. We are all professionals, we understand it's going to come with the job. When you are super successful, you are going to be linked with other things.
"We don't feel that's something that needs to be brought up because it's just a distraction.
"No words need to be spoken about that. It's simple: head down, work hard, and hope you are going to be in the squad for the cup final and have a chance to lift the trophy."
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