Celtic stars are hell bent on Treble history and NOTHING will sidetrack them – Chris Sutton

It's verging on hysteria right now with Celtic fans and the fevered discussions and debates around Ange Postecoglou’s future.

Today’s Scottish Cup Final has almost become an afterthought with all this talk about Spurs preparing to make their move. But I can tell you who won’t be getting distracted by the furore. The players. Honestly, they won’t be giving a toss. There are plenty of people who are saying they might get distracted, they might be unsettled by the uncertainty and it could affect them on the pitch.

Nonsense. Sure, the players might be chatting about it and considering the possibility of the manager going. But it won’t matter a jot to them walking out at Hampden today. This is the Treble. This is history. It’s huge. No matter what happens with Postecoglou, this is their opportunity to write their own names in the record books. I know Celtic have been hoovering up trebles in recent seasons but it’s not that common when you look back through history. This would only be the eighth occasion in nearly 150 years. Who cares what’s going on with the manager?

As long as he’s turning up and his mind is on the job, I don’t think for a second the players will be focused elsewhere. Most of them will have been through this in their careers. It’s the nature of the business. Managers come and go. Some get sacked, some leave in a hurry, some hang around for too long.

Players just need to get on with it. If he does decide to go, they may be disappointed, but life will go on and there will be a new man coming in. It’s the life of a footballer. It might sound brutal, but that's the reality.

There won’t be pictures up on the walls at Celtic Park with an asterisk saying the players were put off by the speculation about their