Celtic - but told him just to focus on playing football. Kyogo has been an instant hit at Parkhead, scoring six times in his first six appearances including one in Thursday's Europa League win over AZ Alkmaar.
He has as many goals already as Nakamura managed in his first season in a Celtic shirt all the way back in 2005/06. The evergreen 43-year-old and still playing in Japan, knew Kyogo was going to be compared to him the minute he signed for Ange Postecoglou 's team.
But he's also been compared with Henrik Larsson, and it's something Nakamura says he should embrace - even if he has some way to go to reach the level of the super Swede. Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We.
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