Dundee United striker Johnny Russell says being a transfer target for Celtic has given him a major confidence boost.
The 21-year-old grabbed his 11th goal of the season in Sunday's 2-0 Scottish Cup win at Rangers, which sealed a place in the quarter-finals.
"It was good to hear a club was interested in me," said Russell.
"Especially a massive one like Celtic. But I think the best place for me right now is Dundee United. I still have a lot to learn and hopefully I can do it here.
"It's always good to hear of interest like that; it just gives you a bit of a boost."
Russell hailed manager Peter Houston for employing an attacking approach at Ibrox.
"The gaffer sent us out to be positive. He told us to go and work them straight away," he said.
"We did that, we got in their faces and rushed them into passes they didn't want to play.
"That got our fans going, got the boys going and we carried on from there.
"I don't think any team is going to like it if we come out, play the way we can and press the way we can.
"Rangers are always going to be difficult and they worked hard but it just didn't come off for them.
"We went into the game thinking we could win it. We took our chances and came away with the win."
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