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title: "Celtic: Journalist drops Giorgos Giakoumakis claim"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Celtic News"
published: "2022-03-02T17:10:32Z"
modified: "2022-03-02T17:10:32Z"
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# Celtic: Journalist drops Giorgos Giakoumakis claim

**Journalist Pete O’Rourke has made a claim regarding Celtic striker Giorgos Giakoumakis ahead of this evening’s clash with St Mirren, [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/87977897-celtic-hoping-unlikely-61-hero-can-help-fire-them-to-the-title) report.**

### The Lowdown: Giakoumakis 50-50

The 27-year-old netted a hat-trick against Dundee last month but failed to feature in the club’s next Premiership fixture due to an illness.

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Ange Postecoglou has confirmed that Giakoumakis is [’50-50′](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11787/12554746/ange-postecoglou-says-taking-celtic-to-australia-will-be-a-special-moment) on whether or not he will feature tonight and was expected to make a call this morning.

Celtic struggled without their summer signing against Hibernian on the weekend, registering just [three](https://www.sofascore.com/hibernian-celtic/cXseX) shots on goal in a 0-0 draw.

### The Latest: O’Rourke’s comments

Talking to [GiveMeSport](https://www.givemesport.com/87977897-celtic-hoping-unlikely-61-hero-can-help-fire-them-to-the-title) in a story shared 24 hours before the clash with St Mirren, O’Rourke had this to say on Giakoumakis, labelling his recent hat-trick as a ‘confidence booster’.

> “He scored a hat-trick against Dundee, so Celtic will be hoping he can build on this, especially with Kyogo still out injured.
>
> “They need someone to score the goals for them, those goals, especially the late winner, will be a confidence booster, so Celtic will be hoping that he can continue that between now and the end of the season and he can try and fire them to the title.”

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### The Verdict: Fingers crossed

Kyogo Furuhashi is still out injured, so Postecoglou will need to rely on Giakoumakis and Daizen Maeda for the foreseeable future in a centre-forward role.

It appeared as if Giakoumakis turned a corner following his match-winning display at Parkhead last time out, so it would be good news if he could return this evening, especially after Celtic fired a blank at Easter Road.

As O’Rourke mentioned, you’d like to think his recent display would be a confidence booster, and if the Hoops are to retain the Premiership title, they may need some more match-winning displays from their towering striker.

***In other news: [Ange can finally fix big Lennon blunder as Celtic now hold talks for ‘dangerous’ star – opinion.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/celtic-news/celtic-postecoglou-can-fix-lennon-blunder-by-signing-semenyo/)***