Ange Postecoglou is set to raid Celtic for three backroom staff members as he prepares to join Tottenham in the Premier League.
The London giants have held talks with the Aussie and a deal is set to be announced in the coming days, with Celtic now on the hunt for a new manager.
The Sun now report that Postecoglou is keen to take assistant John Kennedy, first-team coach Gavin Strachan and video analyst Greg Wallace with him for his next challenge.
It remains to be seen whether the trio will join Postecoglou, with an announcement set to be made by Spurs within the next 72 hours.
Postecoglou admitted on Saturday that his ability to enjoy Celtic’s treble success would soon be disrupted by some decision-making and that seems to have happened even quicker than he anticipated.
The 57-year-old dodged questions on his future before and after Saturday’s Scottish Cup final win over Inverness having emerged as the overwhelming frontrunner to take over at Spurs.
Neither club are commenting publicly but reports claim Postecoglou told Celtic principal shareholder Dermot Desmond on Saturday night that he intended to leave for London and he is now said to be closing in on signing a two-year Spurs deal with the option to extend.
When repeatedly pressed on his future after Celtic’s 3-1 Hampden win over Inverness on Saturday, the Greek-born Australian said: “I anticipate enjoying this moment for the next 24-48 hours, as long as I can, before someone drags me away and takes my attention away from enjoying something that’s been hard-earned.
“The reality is, there’s probably players in that dressing room who won’t be here next year. That’s the nature of football.
“But I want them to enjoy it, I am going to enjoy it, and that’s all I am going to focus on until someone grabs me by the collar and tells me that I have to answer certain questions.”
