TV host David Tanner has claimed that Celtic asked Hibs EIGHT times to move their post-Dubai fixture.
The match was originally pencilled in for Saturday 9 January, but the game was moved after the Hoops went to the SPFL.
Last week's fixture ended in a 1-1 draw with Kevin Nisbet cancelling out an early David Turnbull free-kick. Proceedings on the pitch were overshadowed by Celtic missing 13 players and three staff members due to a positive coronavirus test in camp.
On talkSPORT today Tanner shed some light on the situation. He said: “They were supposed to play last Saturday against Hibernian but the game was moved to the Monday.
"They rode roughshod over due process, Celtic, because they asked Hibernian eight times to move that game to Monday night to enable them to go to Dubai.
“Eight times, Hibernian said no.
"So Celtic went to the SPFL, who invoked a rule that many hadn’t heard of, although they should have heard of it in fairness. And they moved the game.
“Hibernian were furious about that.”
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