Oliver Abildgaard and Yosuke Ideguchi likely to leave Celtic

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou will allow fringe players such as Yosuke Ideguchi and Oliver Abildgaard to leave the club on transfer deadline day, with Giorgos Giakoumakis also nearing the exit door.

Abilgaard has rarely featured for Ange Postecoglou since signing from Rubin Kazan and is nearing a move to Aalborg in his native Denmark.

Fellow midfielder Ideguchi has also struggled to break in to the team and could be set for a loan move.

The Celtic manager said: "We have already brought in players to insulate us if guys who have not played a lot of football for us find other opportunities. It has to suit all parties obviously. We will see what happens over the next few hours.

"Anyone who is playing football and has been a meaningful contributor won't be leaving in this window. Potentially the ones who leave are ones who haven't had a lot of regular game time. There are four or five in the squad, I am not going to talk about individuals."

Talks are continuing over a potential move out of Glasgow for Greece striker Giorgos Giakoumakis.

"We are getting to the tail end of it one way or another and we will get a conclusion in the next 24 hours," Postecoglou said. "Nothing concluded yet, just ongoing discussions."

The forward is nearing a move to MLS side Atlanta United for around £3.5m.

The striker had been at Celtic Park for 18 months and scored 25 goals but failed to agree a new contract.

The Australian also ruled out any deadline-day signings after making four additions earlier in the transfer window.

South Korea striker Oh Hyeon-gyu was the club's final purchase of January, after the early arrivals of Alistair Johnston, Yuki Kobayashi and Tomoki Iwata.