Shin Yamada Celtic transfer timeline as deal 'agreed'
Japanese outlet Sports Hochi claims the 25-year-old has agreed to join the Hoops and will officially do so when free of national team commitments.
Japan's final game in the tournament comes against South Korea on July 15.
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It is believed Celtic will pay around £1.5million for the striker who will become the latest of a string of Japanese players to pull on the green-and-white hoops.
He follows in the footsteps of success stories Kyogo, Daizen Maeda and Reo Hatate while others like Yuki Kobayashi and Tomoki Iwata have also come and gone.
Brendan Rodgers has been looking to add attacking options and young forward Callum Osmand has been signed from Fulham, though he may be more of a development option.
He is also tracking wide man Michel-Ange Balikwisha with Nicolas Kuhn having been sold to Como.
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