Kyogo Furuhashi

What this really proves is that Ange is a Yes Man.

Dom: Would you like us to sign Kyogo?

Ange: Yes. Yes I would.


Already posted this on the rumour thread but may as well put where it will be seen...

 

Like the look of this guy. Looks composed in front of goal.

 

Hope his Japanese videos are not censored

 

Took me a while

Hanks

 

Think he will be like scott sinclair , lw , pacey , right footed , scores goals and judging by the records heat map he always arrives in the box during play . Something we seriously lacked last year was wideplayers getting up into the box to support edouard.

 

The Athletic did a profile on him as a j-league player AP might look to bring in a few weeks ago.


Kyogo Furuhashi — forward, Vissel Kobe

Capable of playing across a front three but largely used by Vissel Kobe on the left wing, Kyogo Furuhashi is a 26-year-old forward. He, like all but one of the Japanese players on this list, turned professional through the football university programme — a process for nurturing sporting talent and furthering education there not too dissimilar to the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the USA.

He played for his university, Chuo, until he graduated in 2016 at age 21, and began his professional career a year later, with J2 League side FC Gifu, before joining Kobe in 2018.

He is the leading scorer in the J1 League this season, with 13 goals in 19 games and has three goals in six appearances for Japan.

Smarterscout is a website that gives players a rating from zero to 99, relating to either how often they perform a given stylistic action (such as shooting volume) or how effective they are at it (such as measuring how well they progress the ball upfield) compared with others playing in their position.

It is worth noting for all of these profiles that some metrics are adjusted for English Premier League standard, so may actually ‘punish’ each player’s metrics more than if you were to look at how they fit in the Scottish Premiership.

You can see from Furuhashi’s expected goals (xG) from shot creation (72 out of 99) that his actions frequently contribute to his team’s creation of chances. Furuhashi’s profile shows him to be attack-minded. He runs with the ball regularly (carry and dribble volume: 81 out of 99), moves the ball upfield frequently (progressive passing: 99 out of 99) and can get a shot away quickly (shot volume: 95 out of 99).



Given Celtic arguably need two new strikers and two new wingers — to replace Patryk Klimala, Mohamed Elyounoussi and potentially Odsonne Edouard (as well as cover on the right wing for James Forrest) — Furuhashi’s versatility could kill two birds with one stone.

Postecoglou likes his wingers to cut inside to shoot or be more involved in central link-up play, so Furuhashi could deputise as competition for Mikey Johnston on the left, or as a central striker who can drift wide and be heavily involved in link-up play with team-mates.

 

ANGE POSTECOGLOU reckons Kyogo Furuhashi will bring "something special" to Celtic.
The Hoops have confirmed the transfer - "subject to the satisfaction of usual conditions and international clearance" - from Vissel Kobe and the former Yokohama F.Marinos boss is clearly delighted to have landed his man.
The 26-year-old arrives as the current top scorer in the Japanese top flight and Postecoglou believes the Hoops have recruited a player of real quality.
He says it is a player he knows well, having scored in the Japanese Super Cup final as Vissel Kobe beat his Yokohama F.Marinos team on penalties.
Assuming no last minute hitches, Furuhashi joins on a four-year-deal as he follows in the footsteps of the Hoops' previous Japanese stars Shunsuke Nakamura and Koki Mizuno.
Postecoglou said: “We are delighted to bring Kyogo Furuhashi to Celtic.
Ange Postecoglou knows Furuhashi well
"He is a player of real quality and clearly someone I know well.
“I think he will add something special to our squad and I am sure the way he plays will excite our supporters.
"We look forward to welcoming him to Celtic."

 

In fairness Dom probably has been following kyogo career for long long time, or that's what he will tell us if he's good

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For a skinny guy, he looks as hard as a coffin nail. Face of a Japanese Clint Eastwood.

 

Would rather he wasn’t playing a ‘farewell’ game tomorrow tbh

 

So sorry, but are you feeling lucky?

 

Think he is exactly what ange needs with regard to playing the high press.
Looks an interesting one, established quality for a change.
Need at least one more striker in the door and i hope its one with a physical edge.

 

Don't know enough about Abada but I have a suspicion Kyogo could develop an excellent relationship with Ajeti (whose name sounds slightly Japanese).

 

Slipped my mind that Ange was manager in the J League, so good to see he's in the door and having a say!

 

*Sixty seconds in* "* pish. Nothing has changed since last season"

 

Already had it on the Bristol City thread mate..