The arrival of Tomoki Iwata makes it six Japanese players to follow Ange Postecoglou to Celtic.
Key trio Daizen Maeda, Kyogo and Reo Hatate have been smash hits and Yuki Kobayashi is hoping to follow suit. Yosuke Ideguchi has found himself a bit-part man who has never bounced since his crunching injury suffered against Alloa. And now Iwata is aiming to make waves as the J-League MVP arrives turbo-charged with belief after guiding Marinos to title glory. And he has a clear idea of what role he would like to fill at Celtic.
Speaking after sealing his move, he said: “My focus will be on how I can express the football of the manager on the pitch. I feel grateful, thanks to him (Postecoglou) for picking me and playing me as a No.6 so I managed to find a new version of myself and another possibility for myself.
