Kyogo Furuhashi has will soon join up with his new teammates at Celtic after jetting out from Japan.
The striker penned a four-year deal at Parkhead last week and has now set off for the UK to quarantine before meeting manager Ange Postecoglou and his Hoops pals.
He will likely self-isolate in London before heading north to Glasgow.
Kyogo Furuhashi going through airport security this morning ahead of his journey to @CelticFC. Expectation is that he'll quarantine in London before joining the squad, just as Ange Postecoglou did. (video: @sports_kobenp)pic.twitter.com/hJnwGesu7Z
— Dan Orlowitz (@aishiterutokyo) July 20, 2021
And footage shared on social media in the early hours of this morning showed the 26-year-old in the airport getting ready to fly to the UK from Itami Airport.
"I'm excited and I'm going to do it. I want to get results. I want to grow," Furuhashi told Yahoo Japan. "Scores and assists. I've always wanted visible results this year, so going to Celtic doesn't change.
"I have to establish my position in a new team, so I'd like to focus on that first."
Furuhashi will arrive in Scotland with a terrific goal scoring record and a host of admirers including former Vissel Kobe teammate and Barcelona hero Andres Iniesta as well as Antoine Griezmann.
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