Video: Rugby Ball Keepie-up Challenge, Andres Iniesta v Kyogo Furuhashi

Watch this: The day Celtic’s new King of Japan Kyogo Furuhashi got the better of former Barcelona legend Andres Iniesta in a keepie-up competition with a rugby ball – this one will get surely get former SRU boss Dom McKay interested….

The final score was 19-16 but check out the video to see whether Kyogo got the better of the former Barca superstar…

Iniesta, of course played his part in convincing Kyogo to join Celtic, telling him about his own experiences playing at Paradise, under the lights on a big European night in front of 60,000 Celtic Supporters, who were always totally respecting of the quality in the Barcelona team (maybe with the exception of Neymar!)…

“The atmosphere is one of the best in the world. I was fortunate to play there several times and it was always so intense. “It was an honour to play amid such incredible noise.” Iniesta told Kyogo all about Paradise when the Japanese striker was considering the move to the East End of Glasgow.

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The Celtic Star founder and editor David Faulds has edited numerous Celtic books over the past decade or so including several from Lisbon Lions, Willie Wallace, Tommy Gemmell and Jim Craig. Earliest Celtic memories include a win over East Fife at Celtic Park and the 4-1 League Cup loss to Partick Thistle as a 6 year old. Best game? Easy 4-2, 1979 when Ten Men Won the League. Email editor@thecelticstar.co.uk

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