Celtic have moved early in the transfer window with the signings of Daizen Maeda, Yosuke Ideguchi and Reo Hatate. And back in November, Record Sport got the lowdown on Hatate from one of his former coaches: Takumi Horiike laughs out loud as he recalls clashing with a headstrong Reo Hatate when he coached the Celtic new man during his university days.
A former defender capped for Japan 58 times, Horiike has been coach and assistant professor at Juntendo University, an hour northeast of Tokyo, since 2015.
Hatate joined the following year, and soon made an impression, not only for his skills and work rate, but also for his confidence and sometimes fiery attitude.“One time we were playing a friendly against a J-League team and Hatate made a run
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