Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou has given an update on Josip Juranovic and Giorgos Giakoumakis.

Neither man was named in the squad for the Scottish Cup clash against Morton.

It comes after recent reports that the right-back was in "advanced talks" with Bundesliga side Union Berlin.

And now the 57-year-old has confirmed the Croatia international has been given "permission to travel" and is set to undergo a medical.

He also revealed that Giakoumakis had been given the "weekend off".

Speaking to BBC Scotland, he said: "With Jura [Juranovic] he has been given permission travel and I think he will be doing a medical. It has not been finalised but obviously if all things work out then he will be moving on which is great for him.

"I am really pleased for him and for us he will always be remembered fondly as a player who contributed to a special year.

"Giako [Giakoumakis] trained yesterday and is almost there. He has a few things going on in the background to so I thought I would give him the weekend off."

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Meanwhile, the Hoops take on the Greenock side at Parkhead as they look to get their Scottish Cup campaign up and running.

The two teams last met in this competition in February 2018, where the Bhoys ran out 3-0 winners at Parkhead thanks to a double from Moussa Dembele and a late strike from Odsonne Edouard.

Ahead of the match, Postecoglou was keen to emphasise that he is not using last season's semi-final defeat to Rangers as an extra incentive to try and win the Scottish Cup this year.

He said: "[There is] no more [incentive] than any other time or in any other competition. It is part of the role here that you try to win everything and there is no greater incentive or lesser incentive when it comes to repeating success or tasting success we have never had before.

"The desire and ambition are there to be as successful as we possibly can."

Celtic XI: Hart, Johnston, Starfelt, Kobayashi, Bernabei, McGregor, Mooy, Turnbull, Abada, Maeda, Kyogo

Subs: Bain, Haksabanovic, Jota, Iwata, O'Riley, Hatate, Forrest, Lawal, Welsh

Morton XI: Schwake, Strapp, Baird, Blues, Muirhead, Quitongo, Miller, Ambrose, Crawford, Gillespie, Grimshaw

Subs: Green, Pignatiello, O'Connor, Roy, McGrattan, Garrity, King, Lithgow