Celtic have revealed the reason why the club requested their New Year clash with Hibs be rearranged.
Easter Road chief Leeann Dempster reacted furiously to the SPFL's announcement the fixture had been moved from Saturday, January 9 to Monday, January 11.
She insisted Hibs were not consulted by league bosses and had rejected Celtic's initial request.
But the Parkhead club insist they followed due process and said plans to arrange a winter training camp were behind their desire to move the match.
A spokesperson for Celtic said: “ Celtic can confirm that its match against Hibernian scheduled for the New Year has been moved to Monday 11th January 2021 with a 19:45hrs kick-off”.
“The club, through the proper SPFL process has made this request with a view to arranging a winter training camp during this particular week, something which has proven hugely beneficial to the squad in recent seasons”.
Earlier on Monday, Dempster revealed the Hibs hierarchy were left "fizzing" by the decision.
She wrote on Twitter: "Apologies to our supporters and our head coach.
"This was done without my knowledge - we said no to the original request from Celtic because the request didn’t work for our club.
"The SPFL appears to have agreed this without a call to the decision makers at our club. @spfl
"We are fizzing about this - @spfl know I am leaving soon (ish) but they still have my mobile number so a call should have been easy to do - or @gmathie82 or even to our Chairman. Not good enough. Move to Monday without asking us?"
