Yosuke Ideguchi hopes to emulate the success of his countryman Kyogo Furuhashi by racking up a constant run of video games at Celtic.
The 25-year-old arrived at Celtic Park together with Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate in a Hogmanay 2021 triple J-League switch raid by Ange Postecoglou.
He has been capped 15 instances for Japan however has but to essentially make an impression in Scotland with an early damage and the type of his teammates limiting any sport time. Regardless of Postecoglou naming Ideguchi the ‘hardest employee’ in coaching.
However with Japan qualifying for the World Cup, hitting the bottom working at membership stage might additionally improve his probabilities of that includes for Hajime Moriyasu's facet at Qatar 2022.
Chatting with the Celtic View, he mentioned: “I need to safe my place within the Celtic workforce, to play each sport continuously and have a constant run.
“Becoming a member of the membership concurrently Reo and Daizen helped me as a result of I need to contribute alongside them as a lot as I can.
“Earlier than we signed, Kyogo was large information in Japan with the way in which he was performing right here and I hope I can do the identical.”
Ideguchi opened up on making his Celtic debut as an alternative in a 2-0 victory over Hibernian in January, labelling it his favorite second to date.
He added: “I keep in mind the primary time I stepped on to the pitch at Celtic Park, that’s been my favorite second to date and it was one thing that was actually particular.
“I need to safe my place within the workforce, to play each sport continuously and have a constant run.”
The home marketing campaign restarts subsequent weekend following the worldwide break as Celtic journey throughout Glasgow to face arch-rivals Rangers at Ibrox.
Celtic lead the Scottish Premiership by three factors with simply seven video games to go.