Kyogo in fresh Celtic injury update as Japan boss lands Glasgow sitdown with Ange Postecoglou

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Japan boss Hajime Moriyasu headed to Glasgow for talks with Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou and the Hoops' Japanese players last ahead of their crucial World Cup double-header next month.

And he's revealed injured Hoops star Kyogo Furuhashi is improving but isn't guaranteed to make his squad next month. Japan face make-or-break qualifiers at the end of next month against Australia and Vietnam in Sydney and Saitama for a place in Qatar.

The second game against the Vietnamese takes place just a few days before Celtic play Rangers at Ibrox in a crucial Premiership clash.

Moriyasu embarked on a tour of Europe to meet his Japanese players last week, arriving back yesterday and revealed he went to Glasgow to meet with Postecoglou and Parkhead chiefs.Last month, he only called up Celtic's Daizen Maeda for their Qatar 2022 matches against China and Saudi Arabia, but he's not ruled out including more of Celtic's Japanese contingent, after meeting them.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Facebook groups and Record Sport Instagram.He said: "Kyogo Furuhashi is doing well in his recovery progress, but is not ready to play yet.