Celtic defender Dedryck Boyata is bracing himself for a definitive 48 hours this weekend as he looks to make history with both club and country.

The 27-year-old will look to help deliver a second successive Treble at Celtic at Hampden on Saturday afternoon before discovering whether or not he has landed a World Cup place with Belgium for this summer’s World Cup in Russia.

The squad list will be announced on Monday – when Boyata is airborne – but the defender is desperate for both ambitions to come to fruition.

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“It will be a huge 48 hours for me, but, as soon as the final is over, I am going on holiday,” he said.

“When the squad is announced for the national team, I’ll be on the plane, so I’ll find out later in the evening.

“I’ll be in the air. I won’t have a clue. A few hours later isn’t going to change anything.

“For myself there has been a lot of talk about the World Cup,” he said. “I have said from the beginning that I have worked hard to be in the selection this year. I don’t think I have missed one. But there are a lot of players in the squad and to get a place for the World Cup was always going to be difficult. I knew that at the beginning. All I have to do is keep playing my games, stay fit and then see what is going to happen but that doesn’t mean that if I play every game I will be going. I am not the one making the choices.

“That’s the first thing I will focus on [the Cup final] and if that goes well then maybe the other’s going to come, but of course you never know. But for myself I want to go there and put in great performances for all the games I’ve played and you never know.

“It’s a dream I’ve had since I was younger. I missed the Euros because of an injury two years ago and it was hard. If I don’t go I’ll be sad, I’m not going to lie, but it’s just how the game goes. For myself, for the moment, I’m just hoping and of course there is stress but you just don’t know. That’s just how it is.”

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In the meantime, it is the south side of Glasgow than Russia where Boyata’s immediate thoughts lie.

Motherwell stand in the way of Celtic’s ambitions of penning an illustrious chapter into their own and Scottish football’s history books and Boyata appreciates the magnitude of the occasion.

“I am very excited,” he said. “I think me and my team-mates are preparing ourselves for this game. We know that no-one has been able to do the Treble twice in a row and it might be a good day in history for us. But then we know that we have to go and work hard for it.

“We have had a wonderful year this year and last year. We knew it would be very difficult to do what we done last season but we still have the chance to win the Treble and we might not have that chance again in the future. It is a big day for us. It is not going to be easy of course but if we manage to do it, it will be a big day.

“As a player you want to be part of the history and mark your name somewhere. If you manager to do it, it will be unbelievable for us.”

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Success on Saturday will carry significant weight with the Celtic fans – but it will not be taken lightly by Boyata either.

By his own admission, the Brussels defender knew little of the club or its history prior to his arrival as a kid at Manchester City where he learned more of the British game but it won’t prevent him from helping Celtic to get over the line.

“I always take it seriously,” he said. “All the medals I have are in my office. All the things I have from a boy.

“Maybe right now because we are always playing in games and things are going really quickly, you don’t really think about it.

“For example, I got a medal last week, but straight away I have to think about a final this week.

“But in future years, I’m sure I’m going to look back at what we have done. I’m just enjoying the moment right now.”

Motherwell and Celtic are in danger of being sick of the sight of one another such is the regularity with which have played this term.

The teams met in the final of the League Cup in a sequence of games that meant they faced one another three times within a week; Saturday will be their sixth meeting.

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“We drew 0-0 with them and beat them at home,” said Boyata. “Playing against Motherwell has never been an easy game. They’ve got that reputation of being a physical team, and we know it.

“So we know we have to go for a battle and we have to go and get it We can’t just play, we know it’s a final and anything can happen.

“For us we will be playing for the history, but for Motherwell it is as big a chance for them too so you never know what can happen in a final. I’m sure they are going to be there and give 100%, so it’s going to be a big fight.

“The history, in the past, we’ve had examples with challenges with elbows and everything but I don’t think from our team I don’t think I’ve heard anyone say anything about them being too physical.

“We know they are going to be up for the challenges so we have to be up for them as well and play our game.”