ANGE POSTECOGLOU welcomed Korean striker Hyeongyu Oh to Celtic in the January transfer window, making him the fourth player to walk through the door last month.
He’s appeared twice so far, both of them coming from off the bench for the last ten or so minutes of a match.
As the striker prepares to make his full debut for the club, Ange Postecoglou has provided a timeline of when supporters can expect to see their new man from the start.
Speaking to CeltsAreHere.com on Friday, Ange Postecoglou admitted the player was still a couple of weeks away from making his first start for the club.
“They are still settling in. Iwata has been here a bit longer and he is not far off. Certainly with Oh, he will probably still take a couple of weeks to get up to speed.
“How close they are to starting is not just dependent on their fitness. As I said before it depends on where we are at as a team and what I think is required. There is no doubt that Oh is not ready to start games yet. Tomoki is pretty close. It just comes down to selection then.
“I’m really pleased with both of them. They have settled in really well and the group has brought them into the fold. I can see from training every day that they are getting used to the way we train and the way we play.”
It’s expected that he’ll take some time to get up to speed, especially since he hasn’t played since November.
By the time Oh’s debut comes, you’d expect it to be against Aberdeen, with the manager almost ruling him out of the cup match against St Mirren. With no midweek matches, the game after the Aberdeen encounter is the League Cup final; you’d be surprised if that was his first start.
