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Ben Banks

Ange Postecoglou in emotional Celtic contest as Hoops plan to face Australian's former club

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou, Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Yosuke Ideguchi and Reo Hatate are all set for a reunion and homecoming tour next year in Japan.

The Premiership champions have a huge reach in the land of the rising sun after signing four players from the J-League last season, alongside bringing in Postecoglou from Yokohama F. Marinos. Kyogo's former club Vissel Kobe have released merchandise in tribute to their former player in collaboration with Celtic while their Japanese Twitter account has around 62,000 followers.

Japanese outlet Sponichi report that the Hoops are preparing to head to the Far East next summer and marketing staff from Parkhead have made trips to put the initial plans in place for next summer, it claims. Two friendly matches will be played as part of this tour, one against Postecoglou's former club Yokohama and another against Kyogo's, Vissel Kobe. Getting there for fans could be an issue.

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