Sead Hakšabanović is out of the Glasgow Derby on Monday but Greg Taylor is fit and ready to play while two recent signings Alistair Johnston and Yuki Kobayashi look likely to be included in the squad of international clearance comes through on time from the Scottish FA, with the transfer window opening at midnight tonight.
Celtic’s most recent signing is not far away from being ready for first team duties but Monday’s trip to Ibrox comes too soon for Japan’s Player of the Year and internationalist, Tomoki Iwata who yesterday completed his move to Celtic from Yokohama F Marinos.
That’s the latest news from Ange Postecoglou who has been speaking to Sky Sports ahead of the Glasgow Derby on Monday. That also suggests that the Celtic manager will be doing his pre-match media conference this afternoon.
Here’s Ange talking about new signing Tomoki Iwata, who he says he wanted to bring to Celtic last season but out of respect for his former club resisted that temptation after already raiding Yokohama F Marinos to bring Daizen Maeda to the club a year ago today.
Ange brought Tomoki Iwata to Yokohama F Marinos where he has been a huge success and the Celtic manager is confident that he’s going to do equally well at Celtic.
Here’s Ange speaking to Sky Sports and he reveals his linguistic plans for New Year’s Eve…
👀 Wanting to buy Iwata last year
📝 Why Celtic act fast with January deals
❎ ‘No contact’ for any of his players yet
🔵 Can’t wait for this ‘cracking game’
🤣 Learning how to say HogmanayAnge Postecoglou looks ahead to Monday’s trip to face Rangers live on Sky Sports 📺 pic.twitter.com/OU7M3h78vu
— Sky Sports Scotland (@ScotlandSky) December 31, 2022
