Celtic target Tomoki Iwata's mentor believes the Yokohama F.Marinos star is the hardest-working player he has ever worked with and his versatility has made him one of Japan's best players.
Hoops manager Ange Postecoglou has targeted another Japanese international with Iwata strongly linked with a move to Glasgow, where he would join up with five of his countrymen - Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate, Yosuke Ideguchi and incoming Yuki Kobayashi. Iwata was playing for lower league club Oita Trinita for six years before he was signed by Postecoglou for Yokohama before the Australian moved to Celtic.
He was managed at Oita Trinita by Tomohiro Katanosaka and the pair won two promotions. And he underlined what Celtic fans can expect if and when they complete the signing of Iwata. He said: "When Tomoki was named as the Most Valuable Player in Japan I actually shouted for joy because I was so happy for him.
