Ange Postecoglou in Celtic one liner over Sydney Super Cup as he addresses fan protest

Ange Postecoglou last night insisted Celtic’s trip to Australia with Rangers will boost Scottish football’s growth across the globe.

The Parkhead boss is thrilled to be heading to his homeland in November after agreement was reached to participate in the Sydney Super Cup.

Celtic are set to meet Rangers outside of Scotland for the first time when the game is staged in New South Wales.

A section of the Celtic support chanted in protest and unveiled banners at last night's game against St Mirren stating their unhappiness at any type of joint venture.

But Postecoglou said: “No, look, I’ve said since day one that I’m not going to tell the supporters what to feel and what not to feel.

“Selfishly I’m delighted. I’m all over the promotional stuff which means I’ll hopefully still be in the job by then!

“Look, I’d love to take this team there to show people the football we can play.

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“There are a lot of our supporters in Australia, I know, I’ve lived it, who will be snapping up tickets and changing whatever holiday plans they had to come watch us play.

“I can understand some people have different views on it.

“I’m not going to tell people how they feel. But I have some selfish self-interest in this.

“I’m going