Celtic assistant manager John Kennedy has praised forward Kyogo Furuhashi, calling him a "terrific player".

The Japan international has netted 22 times for the Hoops so far this season and is the current top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership.

Kennedy has also detailed how the former Vissel Kobe man has adapted to life in Scotland and the Parkhead side's style of play.

He told Celtic TV: "He's a terrific player, we've seen that from the minute he walked through the door. We'd heard about him before he came and straight away he hit the ground running here and he's never looked back.

"Even in times when he's not been as fluid in front of goal and times when the goals have been flying in, his game doesn't change. That's the beauty of it. Sometimes what happens is strikers go out of form, they don't score in a couple of games and they go searching, they go looking for things.

"Kyogo sticks to the same plan all the time. First and foremost he does his job for the team, he presses really hard, he puts the defenders under a lot of pressure and he constantly gives us the out with his movement. He's terrific.

"The boys now know his game and that's the evolution of the team. As they play more with each other, they understand each other. They train with each other every day.

"They don't have to spend so much time thinking about things because they know what's going to happen, they know where he's going to be so they can put the ball into areas without looking half the time.

"Top player, top individual in terms of how he trains and as a professional, and he's getting his just rewards for it at the moment."

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And the ex-Bhoys defender explained how the 27-year-old's work ethic is one of the many traits that has endeared him to the coaching staff and supporters.

"He's a very humble guy," he continued. "He appreciates what the fans offer the team and him himself. He takes a great lift from scoring in front of the crowd, you see he's straight over to the crowd at the end of the games.

"He's usually the one up front leading the party but he's not like that at all.

"He goes around the training ground, he's very quiet on the training pitch. He works ever so hard like the rest of them do and just gets on with his business but that's testament to the type of character he is."