He played Edouard and Christie at Ibrox just days before they were sold to Crystal Palace and Bournemouth. After seven matches in charge of Celtic Postecoglou had picked up 10 points, the pressure was on.
One theory that is being put around is that Celtic are looking to reveal Kwan and Yang Hyun-jun while they are in Japan but that has been blown out of the water by the announcements from Buson Ipark and Gangwon.
Any team managed by Kevin Muscat is bound to have a bit of bite with the former Millwall defender into his third year in charge of the club after taking over from Postecoglou. Following the Celtic friendly the Marinos take on Manchester City on Sunday.
We wouldn’t be able to buy Kieran for £25-£30million, that’s for sure, or the figures I see banded about. I’m pretty sure we wouldn’t be able to pay the huge salary he’s on. However, one can never tell.
We will be looking to trim the squad. That will be the natural process. I’ve already spoken to a couple of players and I’m sure I will do over the course of pre-season.
The 22-year-old has started 19 of Buson’s 20 league matches this season, scoring twice and picking up four yellow cards from his defensive midfield berth.
Yang sat out the draw with Seoul, met the fans afterwards but still there has been no comment from the club that he is apparently on his way to joining.
Four hours after that announcement there hasn’t been any reaction of any sort from Celtic, nothing on their Twitter account or on the club website.
Other than the goalscorers and the mention of a first half assist from Alexandro Bernabei there is nothing about the team-lines on Celtic’s website or Twitter account.
After a 0-0 draw against Portimonense on Wednesday the goals were flying in this morning with a 4-1 victory for the hoops.