Busan IPark have given their thanks to incoming Celtic star, Kwon Hyeok-kyu after his final game for the club against Seongnam in the K-League 2 today. The defensive midfielder will link up with his new teammates in Japan as the club heads out on a pre-season tour of Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate’s homeland next week.

Along with his countryman, Yang Hyun-jun from Gangwon FC, Kwon will become Celtic’s fourth signing of the summer transfer window so far (although we retained the services of loan star Tomoki Iwata too beforehand). The pair have been scouted extensively by Celtic and the new-look recruitment team have decided to pull the trigger at the behest of Brendan Rodgers.

The big man will be hoping he can come in and have an instant impact at the club and help the team in their quest for more domestic glory, whilst having another crack at UEFA Champions League group stage football this season.

The Celts weren’t clinical enough last year in the top European competition and were punished for it. We lacked a particular skillset in midfield which hopefully the new recruit Kwon will equip us with this time around.

He will no doubt be a massive loss to his current outfit and they sent him a classy message this afternoon on the eve of his last game in the colours of Busan IPark. Take a look at this posted by Seoul CSC via Twitter:

Busan I’Park congratulated Kwon Hyuk-gyu for his move to #CelticFC!#SouthKorea pic.twitter.com/cllzFVS57F

— Seoul CSC 서울셀틱서포터즈클럽 (@Seoul_CSC) July 16, 2023

Paul Gillespie

HUGE SAVINGS IN THE CELTIC STAR’S SUMMER SALE!

The Celtic Star’s Father’s Day Promotion has been so successful, with hundreds of books at great prices being posted to Celtic fans all over the world, that we’ve decided to continue with the sale until the end of July. We’ve reduced all six books currently available from their usual retail price of £20 and prices are as low as £6 (see below).

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