Kyogo Furuhashi has returned to Celtic training after injury in a major boost for Ange Postecoglou ahead of the League Cup final.

The Japanese international was substituted early last week as the Hoops defeated St Mirren in the Scottish Cup.

Kyogo went down with what appeared to be a shoulder injury and he was then labelled a doubt for the cup final against Rangers on February 26.

But now Celtic fans can breathe a sigh of relief after their star striker was pictured back in training today.

Ange Postecoglou said: “Kyogo is fine. He trained today, had a session yesterday and is good to go.

“I think I said after the game, I was pretty relaxed about it.

“He had a similar one last year and I think he missed one session and played the next game.

“So it wasn’t anything that we were overly-concerned about and, from our perspective, if it wasn’t right, it wasn’t right, we move on and deal with it.

“He missed a session to get some treatment on it and has trained the last two days so no issues.

“The only one from last week is David Turnbull got a knock and will miss tomorrow, that’s it, everyone else is OK.”

Postecoglou stressed that all his focus was on Aberdeen – “you can’t have your mind on the final when you have a game tomorrow” – and expects a tough match against the Dons, who have Barry Robson in interim charge following the sacking of Jim Goodwin last month.

Since Goodwin departed, in the wake of a 6-0 defeat by Hibernian at Easter Road, the Dons have lost 3-1 at home to St Mirren and beaten Motherwell 3-1 at Pittodrie.

Postecoglou, whose side have lost only one league game this season and who lead Rangers by nine points at the top of the table, said: “It is always a challenge when you are meeting a team with a new manager.

“Barry has had a couple of games, in the first game they had a man sent off really early and they had a good result and a good performance in the last game.

“They had a weekend off which means he has had a chance to work with the team so we have to be ready for that.

“We know that at their best, they are a good side. They have some good individual players that can hurt you, particularly in an attacking sense so we have to be ready for it but at the same time, our form has been pretty good for quite a while now and particularly at home.

“If we start the game well and play to our tempo, we know we will be hard to stop.”