Looking further afield is good, but so too is talent spotting closer to home…
Celtic have been linked with another player in the Far East this time South Korean midfielder Jeong Ho- yeon. The Gwangju FC midfielder is apparently being scouted by the club with a view to a January move.
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Celtic are monitoring Korean central-midfielder Jung Ho-Yeon ahead of the January transfer window opening.
The 23 year old has helped Gwangju FC to third place in K League after promotion & is keen to move to Europe.
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There is no doubt that Celtic have had major success in the Asian market with successes like Kyogo, Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate Oh and Yang all making an impact in the first team and the three Japanese players in particular making a huge impact on the Scottish game.
Whilst we should always be keeping an eye on that market and others similar, we should also be looking much closer to home in a bid to bolster our squad. The likes of Bojan Miovski of Aberdeen is one prime example. An excellent centre forward who’s relatively young and wouldn’t cost the earth. Someone that fits our transfer strategy perfectly.
Celtic have monitored Gwangju FC's Jung Ho-Yeon and he is of interest to the Scottish giants.
Jung recently won military exemption at the Asian Games and would be open to a move to Europe. pic.twitter.com/0sP7hdl5rK
— Jason (Hanshin) Lee (@Jasons_JaysHub) October 11, 2023
Down south we should be sounding out the likes of Wilfred Ndidi who will soon be out of contract at Brendan’s former club Leicester City. The Nigerian is a talented powerful midfielder, something we badly lack and he wouldn’t cost much in the January window.
Much like Miovski he’s young enough and in our price range and falls in line with our transfer strategy. His salary might be on the high side but with Leicester in the Championship there might be room for negotiation.
So while casting our net wide is not a bad idea, neither is looking closer to home.
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Morning Gossip: The speculation begins, Korean media linking us with 23-year-old defensive mid Gwangju FC’s Jung Ho-Yeon. Hatate likes his role “Switching between offence and defence is one of my strengths, so I think the key will be how I can make my presence felt there.” HH pic.twitter.com/WSI7SF9FEU
— Celtic Gossip (@CelticGossip) October 12, 2023
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Honestly believe that both Celtic & theRangers have an unspoken transfer policy where they won’t give other Scottish teams decent money for players so as to keep the ‘playing field’ as uneven in both teams’ favour. John McGinn, Kevin Nisbet & Lewis Ferguson just a few recent examples where they could (& should) have been snapped up & weren’t.
No thanks. Seems like the attitude is keep signing players from Korea one might turn out to be decent. Yang has made an impact ? not for me, is he any better than the much maligned Michael Johnston ? or young Vata. Have a bit of sympathy for OH as he really needs a run of games to see if he can cut it, he has scored goals, just not many important goals, would he come up with a last minute winner when the pressure is really on in a big game ?. The other Korean player, enough said.
If we look at the success of our Japanese and Korean signings in total there have been more failures. Kyogo, Hatate and to a point Maeda have took the pressure off the scouting department for the poor signings. I would wager our signings from Scandinavia directly, or players from there signed from other countries, like Henrik who was in Holland, have been on the whole far more of a success. I wonder if this Korean venture has become a bit of a ego trip for some involved in the scouting department, hoping to find a diamond of a player who will justify all the failures.
Almost let Scales away for buttons but for injuries.
Once the orientals are signed they have to be played to justify the purchase.
Hail Hail.