Tomoki Iwata followed EVERY Celtic game before transfer as he reveals how Angeball kickstarted his career

dailyrecord.co.uk:

It was hosing it down in Glasgow on Tuesday. Much as it has since Tomoki Iwata touched down in the city to begin his new career as a Celtic player at the tail end of last week.

So when you ask Ange Postecoglou’ s latest signing what he has been told by his countrymen Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Hatate, Yusuki Ideguchi and Yuki Kobayashi to expect as the biggest difference between Japan and Scotland, it’s no surprise when Iwata breaks into a grin and says: “The weather!” Yes, Glasgow East End was as grey and dreich as it was possible to be as Celtic ’s latest recruit from the Far East spoke to the media but he was beaming brightly enough to cut through the clouds and rain.

Gloom? Definitely. But doom? Not a bit of it. Iwata, signed by Postecoglou from his former J-League club Yokohama Marinos, looks like a man in a rush to get started.

Although Japan’s Player of the Year hasn’t played since November, he can’t wait to feel the grass under his feet as he tries to repay the faith shown in him by the Celtic boss.