Well, what do you know? About Aberdeen and Celtic in the Scottish Cup...

Pat Bonner
Former Celtic goalkeeper on BBC Sportsound

If Neil Lennon relaxed ahead of today's semi-final by opening the Sunday papers, he would have been greeted with the suggestion that Swansea City's Graham Potter is the latest to be linked with the Celtic manager's job.

The 43-year-old who tasted some European success with Ostersund joins a long list that also includes Rafa Benitez, Andre Villas-Boas and Roberto Martinez.

At least that's what's being said, along with much more, in today's Scottish Gossip...

Hearts manager Craig Levein was under pressure ahead of yesterday's semi-final thanks to his side's recent indifferent form and Edinburgh derby defeat last weekend but is now within touching distance of his first silverware as a player or manager.

He'll no doubt be an interested spectator this afternoon, but asked who he wants to face in the final, told BBC Scotland: "I've no idea who is going to win and it doesn't really matter for us."

Levein relishing first Scottish Cup final

Interim Celtic manager Neil Lennon is pretty relaxed about the pressure mounting on himself and his players as they approach a historic milestone.

"They have done a double Treble," he said. "Can they do a treble Treble? They have four games to do that and it won't easy - the closer you get, the more difficult it becomes.

"But they've handled that pretty well."

Aberdeen also make two changes, with 18-year-old midfielder Dean Campbell and striker Stevie May starting in place of suspended captain Graeme Shinnie and injured former Celtic forward Niall McGinn.

Campbell has recovered from the foot injury he picked up against Motherwell last week to make only his third start - and ninth appearance - for Derek McInnes' side.

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Celtic make two changes following the 0-0 draw with Livingston last weekend, with Mikael Lustig returning to the defence in place of the benched Filip Benkovic, while former Aberdeen winger Jonny Hayes takes over from Tom Rogic in midfield.

Kieran Tierney continues at left-back amid Sunday newspaper reports he will have to miss Scotland's June matches against Cyprus and Belgium to rest up and recover from a pelvic problem.

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Today's Scottish Cup semi-final is being billed as yet another part of Neil Lennon's selection process as he bids to become Celtic manager on a permanent basis.

Lose and the treble Treble of domestic silverware that seemed Brendan Rodgers' destiny before Lennon's fellow Northern Irishman switched to Leicester City will be gone.

With it might also go the interim manager's chances of staying in the job, suggests BBC Scotland's chief sports writer, Tom English.

"Lennon is mad keen on the job, but it's fair to say that supporters, in general, are a little torn," he suggests.

"If not Lennon, then who? That's not an easy question to answer. Lennon's job on Sunday, and beyond, is to keep on winning thereby reducing the number of people asking it."

Celtic fans have been having fun with this tweet from 2013 ahead of today's semi-final.

This was before Donald Trump's bid for political world domination and amid controversy over his golf course near Aberdeen.

Would the Dons fans welcome the United States president's support again?

Sportsound is under way on BBC Radio Scotland (all frequencies) and will provide live commentary of today's match at Hampden.

Later, there will be highlights of the semi-final on Sportscene on the BBC Scotland channel and iPlayer from 19:15 BST.

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Aberdeen: Lewis, Ball, Considine, McKenna, Lowe, Ferguson, Campbell, Stewart, McLennan, May, Cosgrove.

Substitutes: Cerny, Gleeson, Wilson, Halford, Devlin, Ross, Vertanen.

Celtic: Bain, Lustig, Simunovic, Ajer, Tierney, Brown, McGregor, Christie, Forrest, Hayes, Edouard.

Substitutes: De Vries, Toljan, Sinclair, Rogic, Ntcham, Weah, Benkovic.

Hearts are one game away from lifting the Scottish Cup for a ninth time having reached their first final since 2012 by beating Caley Thistle 3-0 yesterday.

Here's the goals, which all all came after the break, from Uche Ikpeazu, John Souttar and Sean Clare.

Read the match report here.

Hearts await. We'll learn today whether Aberdeen or holders Celtic will join them.

Lifting the Scottish Cup at Hampden Park on 25 May is their goal.

Stay with us for the build-up, live commentary and post-match reaction from this afternoon's semi-final at the national stadium. Kick-off is an hour away.

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