Celtic are close to growing their contingent of Asian players to nine by completing deals for South Korean pair Yang Hyun-jun and Kwon Hyeok-kyu.
Lengthy talks to land 21-year-old Yang from Gangwon FC in K League 1 have finally reached a breakthrough and the winger is expected to be formally announced soon as a Celtic player. The deal will be worth £2.1 million to the Korean club which had been reluctant to sell him even as Yang publicly expressed his desire to join the Scottish champions. Yang was the K-League’s young player of the year in 2022.
Celtic are also eager to bring Kwon from the second tier Korean club Busan IPark. The 22-year-old central midfielder will move when personal terms are finalised, with Busan
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