Shin Yamada Celtic transfer timeline as deal 'agreed'
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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The Herald Scotland
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- The Herald Scotland
Tony Docherty opens up on his 'shock' Dundee sacking
Hours after a win over St Johnstone preserved Dundee's Premiership status for another season Tony Docherty loosened the knot in his tie. Taking up an invitation to attend the end of season supporters' association dinner in the Invercarse Hotel, the relief was short-lived. Summoned to a 9am meeting the next morning he was relieved of his duties. 'It was a shock,' says Docherty of a brutal Dens Park dismissal in May. He wasn't the only one to feel that way. Some managerial sackings are cut and dried. Directors utter some words of thanks and a few platitudes in a club statement about football being a results business and the man in the hotseat is sent on his way with a P45 in his hip pocket. Docherty's removal from the hot seat was never an open and shut case. A debate over the fairness of the decision became heated, opinions split amongst supporters. To many the decision felt harsh and unfair, insult added to injury when the Dens Park board moved swiftly to appoint Steven Pressley as his replacement. 'When you enter the bottom six, unlike the previous season, it's not where you want to be,' he acknowledges now. 'But the objective then becomes retaining your SPFL status and we did that. So there was shock and real disappointment. 'My whole thing had been about building a culture around the club. 'I wanted us to have a playing style, create an identity and have a synergy between the players and the fans. And, most importantly, develop and improve players.' In his first season in charge the newly promoted dark blues punched above their weight. Securing a top six finish, Docherty was shortlisted for individual end of season honours by PFA Scotland and the Scottish Football Writers' Association. Second season syndrome set in quickly. After the opening eight games – when the team rattled in 31 goals – captain Luke McCowan was sold to Celtic. Central defender Joe Shaughnessy – a player Docherty regarded as one of his 'cultural architects' – was already sidelined for eight months with an ACL injury. Robbed of two captains in a short space of time the team leaked goals, many in the final minutes of games from a winning position. While Docherty was prepared to place his trust in young players, inexperience always threatened a period of turbulence. 'In the time I was there you can go through the players we developed. Read more: 'The most recent examples were McCowan, Lyall Cameron and Josh Mulligan who moved to Celtic, Rangers and Hibs respectively. 'But even before that we had Owen Beck, Aaron Donnelly, Malachi Boateng. 'Working with young players, finishing in the top six one year, retaining your top flight status. When you take all that into account was I was shocked by what happened? Yeah, I was.' 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I didn't have it in the second because there were so many injuries to the likes of Shaughnessy, McGhee and Carson. The balance at key points of the season wasn't there.' The season wasn't all bad. Settled in the Dundee area Docherty always knew the significance of a first win over neighbours United in the Scottish Cup for 69 years. They also notched up their first win at Tannadice since 2003. But for Daizen Maeda's goalscoring feats at Celtic Simon Murray might have finished up Scotland's player of the season. 'Listen, it is what it is,' he shrugs. 'You need to move on, it's something that has happened. 'It would be easy to cling to negative emotions but I think you need to leave that behind you in this industry. 'You look at the number of clubs I've worked at and you couldn't allow your feelings to linger after all of them. 'It's part of the process. Football comes with insecurity and it's important to self analyse.' Wherever he winds up offers no guarantees of job security. Managing in a 12-team Scottish Premiership has become a precarious way to earn a living. Last season the average shelf life of a coach in the top flight of the SPFL was 12.75 months. While David Martindale's return improves things slightly Dundee - like Hibs, Hearts and Kilmarnock - will start their first Premier Sports Cup game against Airdrie this afternoon with their seventh manager in six years. Five of the teams in the top tier will begin the campaign with a new boss. One of them is Hearts, where Derek McInnes no longer has Docherty to lean on as his right hand man. The two worked together at St Johnstone, Bristol City, Aberdeen and Kilmarnock until the latter decided the time was right to go it alone at Dundee. 'I had a brilliant time with Derek, a really close friend, for 15 years. 'But I don't regret going out on my own. In life you need to keep challenging yourself. 'Listen, Derek was part of that process to move to Dundee. 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The National
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The central midfielder doesn't appear to have a long-term future at Parkhead. The South Korean joined the Scottish Premiership champions two years ago but has yet to register a senior competitive appearance. Now, according to a report from fussballeuropa, Austria Vienna have 'sounded out' Kwon for a transfer this summer. Celtic would 'not put any obstacles' in the way of a permanent deal, with their asking price said to be sitting at between €200,000 and €300,000. Read more: There is also believed to be 'considerable interest' from the Asian market in the midfielder. Kwon has had two loan spells away from Celtic during his time at the club, at St Mirren and Hibernian, respectively. He made a combined 31 appearances for both clubs. Now, he could depart Scotland two years after his move from Busan IPark in the South Korean second tier. Potential suitors Austria Vienna finished third in the Austrian Bundesliga last season, just three points behind eventual champions Sturm Graz. They have already signed one South Korean this summer, in the form of midfielder Kang-Hee Lee. Kwon could well be the next, if reports are to be believed.
