Excited Ange Postecoglou has revealed his delight at Celtic's triple signing of Daizen Maeda from Yokohama F. Marinos, Yosuke Ideguchi from Gamba Osaka and Reo Hatate from Kawasaki Frontale.

The Aussie boss knows the trio well from his time managing in the J-League and worked with Maeda at his old club Yokahama.

He has already had great success in the Japanese market with Kyogo Furuhashi.

And Postecoglou is clearly delighted to have sealed a deal to bring three top class players to Paradise before the transfer window even opens.

Postecoglou, said: “We are really pleased to bring in these guys to Celtic and I think they are players who will excite our fans. 

"Clearly I am well aware of their attributes and I think in bringing all three to the club we are bringing even more quality, personality and energy to the squad to work with the players who have done so well for us already this season.

“They are all really at the peak of their careers, ambitious to achieve more success and I am sure at this particular time we will be getting their best years. I am delighted to have secured these players so early in the transfer window, I look forward to working with them and myself, my backroom team and the rest of the squad will be making sure we help them settle into Celtic as quickly as possible.”