PREPARATION for player unveilings can often involve a deep-dive into their past to uncover any links with the club they have moved to, with footballers very often seeking advice from teammates or friends within the game who may have played at their potential new outfit before they make that switch.
Very rarely these days though does sifting through squads from the noughties produce any nuggets to mine, but believe it or not, the arrival of 22-year-old Yuki Kobayashi at Celtic has uncovered just such a gem.
When he was 19, Kobayashi was on loan at Yokohama F. Marinos, and lined up alongside a then 41-year-old Shunsuke Nakamura, the legendary Celtic midfielder.
