Livingston defender Jack Fitzwater is hoping to avoid crossing paths with Kyogo Furuhashi and Ryan Kent after naming the pair the most difficult opponents he has battled with in the Premiership.
The former West Brom defender also labelled the Celtic ace as 'actually quite a dirty player' amid speculation he will return south of the border following the expiration of his Livi contract, writes the Scottish Sun.
The 25-year-old admitted that his three-year spell in Scotland's top flight has been the making of him, and he admitted he will be glad to see the back of the pair, with Kent having left Rangers.
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Fitzwater said: “The most annoying player I came up against was Kyogo, he’s sharp and he’s actually quite dirty as a player off the ball.
“There are a lot of tough opponents I’ve come up against up here but I would say Kyogo and Ryan Kent, the season they [Rangers] won the league.
“Connor Goldson would hit a diagonal over my head and it would be hard for Nicky Devlin to track Kent’s runs in behind. On his day, he was literally unplayable; speed, power. I would say those two are the hardest I’ve faced.
“It’s full of great players up here and the league is only getting better as well. You can see the increase in quality each season and that season there was very hard.”
Kyogo is at the centre of attention right now, amid speculation that Ange Postecoglou could spark a £20m bidding frenzy for his services with an attempt to take him to Tottenham.
Recently, he set his sights on playing in the Champions League again - a competition he failed to net in the season just past.
He added: “I definitely feel that we can make a bigger impact in the Champions League. We will look at where we can improve. We want to achieve something bigger and do more than we did last season.
“Who would I like to play? It’s the Champions League and any team playing at this level is a great team, so I cannot choose.”
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