Yang’s call up to the South Korea national team squad is recognition of his current form. The player arrived in Glasgow as a raw 20-year-old in 2023, shortly after compatriot Oh (then aged 21) became a Celtic player. A week later, Kwon (then 22) made it three came in from Korea that year.
Kwon never played a minute for Celtic. He was left to wither on the vine for two years, with short loan spells at St Mirren and Hibs, before Nantes took him to Ligue 1 last summer. He moved to Germany in the winter transfer window and is now a regular in Bundesliga 2 for Karlsruher. Kwon (25) is a 6’ 4” No. 6 who was brought in to shadow Callum McGregor. He joins Yang in the Korea squad this month, and had the profile of recruit we were looking for in 2023. If we’d developed him correctly, he would own the No. 6 role in Callum’s absence.
Oh left Celtic for Genk for £2m in 2024 and has not looked back. A medical denied him a €20m move to Stuttgart a year later, but Besiktas paid €14m for him in January. At 24-years-old, he is a hot talent who is now miles out of our reach. He makes it three players Celtic signed in 2023 who are in the South Korea squad this month. The Koreans rank 22 in the world; Scotland are 38th.
Others who arrived in 2023 were Tomoki Iwata, who starts every week for Birmingham while Kyogo watches from the bench. Gus Lagerbiekle (25), who is ripping it up for Braga in Portugal. Maik Nawrocki (25) came in that summer and is currently on loan at Hannover – he scored against Schalke on Sunday. Hannover will exercise their option to buy if they gain promotion from Bundesliga 2.
Luis Palma got 18 months and more game time than the others before being shipped out. He is a big favourite at Lech Poznan, where he is on loan. Marco Tilio is a player who signed that summer, picked up an injury almost immediately and was then ignored. He rescued his career with a move to Rapid Vienna last summer after a productive loan spell back in Australia.
Alastair Johnston joined from Montreal in January 2023 and despite an injury-hampered season he has been a standout at right back. Illness denied Odin Holm an early chance and he has made little impact since. He is the only permanent signing made in 2023 who has not kicked on in the game.
It is almost vandalism that talent like Oh, Kwon, Lagerbielke, Narwocki and others, recruited in one calendar year, were left to wither on the vine at Celtic, only to prove their worth elsewhere. Why did Honda Civic Man take the job if he didn’t want to do the work? No wonder the squad has a hollowed out feel to it.
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Thank God those days of terrible recruitment are behind us now .
Don’t you agree messrs Balikwisha , Mvuka and Adamu ?
Refusing to say a person’s name speaks volumes for the type of person you are Paul.
PLC slow lane, project bus, extravagant last day Transfer Window scrapings will be all that Celtic fans will know until regime change with the emphasis on “thrift” as opposed to “bloat” takes effect.
There are players already in the SPL who could play for Celtic.
We need “front runners” not “wingers” who’ll be double marked to ineffective levels of contributions.
BUT.
If we do not challenge the lies of the Taylor Report which has done zero for safety, so said the Liverpool fans who came to Parkhead to view our “safe standing” in 2016.
Standing was never unsafe until Thatcher’s goons mae it unsafe to pull of a psyop in 1989.
Celtic have been run by Tories, Canadian, Irish, Scottish, since 1994.
Because of this – Celtic has no soul.
Celtic fans collectivism was wiped from the Celtic lexicon because like minds no longer congregated in the same areas, until the fantastic Green Brigade came to the scene with excellent Food Parcel Collections, their chanting and cheering the team, with vry memorable oldies and their new and imaginative brand of Celticness.
The GB’s importance to the team was beautifully recognized by Neil Francis Lennon when he was presented with the league title trophy and immediately made for the GB laid his first league title as manager down in front of the GB area, saying that this would not have been possible without you.
Boldrick67
Flynn, great post mate.
kingLUBO
My biggest concern/ worry is we are in desperate need of stability all over. St Martin will be gone at the end of the season, as will out loanees probably. We have a CEO who frankly is as much use as a one legged man at an arse kicking contest, who also happens to be a mute.
Massive changes ahead, and a massive clear out at the top of our club. Love him or hate him, DD is no mug and I trust he sees this as well.
Happy St Paddy’s day to all
kingLUBO
On this day folks, never forget Arthur Guinness was a Protestant, unionist, and donated money to the UVF.
Slánte! 😉
Sin City Bhoy
Wonder if old Arthur ever did anything to compensate for these failings ? -))))
20 years and some of creditable Celtic minded Celtic Quick News blown up in a fit of hate/envy/ and a basic lack of respect
Who are you to judge a guy that won so much for our club made good profit on player trading and worked without the support of his then CEO
You are punching way above your pay grade judging the ability of a man that has done more in the game than you have watched.
Perhaps you can ask Peter if you can have a go at managing Celtic
Really poor article
Hey ho each to their own
67ECW
Part 1/2
PLC slow lane, project bus, extravagant last day Transfer Window scrapings will be all that Celtic fans will know until regime change with the emphasis on “thrift” as opposed to “bloat” takes effect.
There are players already in the SPL who could play for Celtic if shaped up shrewdly.
We need “front runners” not “wingers” who’ll be double marked to ineffective levels of contributions, and will only serve to drain the clubs resources..
BUT.
If we do not challenge the lies of the Taylor Report which has done zero for safety, so said the Liverpool fans who came to Parkhead to view our “safe standing” in 2016.
Standing was never unsafe until Thatcher’s goons made it unsafe to pull off a psyop in 1989.
Celtic have been run by Tories, Canadian, Irish, Scottish, since 1994.
Because of this – Celtic has no soul.
Celtic fans collectivism was wiped from the Celtic lexicon because like minds no longer congregated in the same areas, like The JUNGLE, until the fantastic Green Brigade came to the scene with their excellent Food Parcel Collections, their chanting and cheering the team, with very memorable oldies and their new and imaginative brand of Celtic-ness.
A shrewd Celtic leadership would publicly shame all politicians by publicly pointing out during every media opportunity that these politicians in the Scottish Parliament make the Green Brigade’s collectivism necessary in austerity trashed Scotland, as the vast monies of the Scottish Parliament are never subject to a clear explanation of their distributions.
And the board/leadership should stand shoulder to shoulder with the GB’s political displays and underline the FACt that the Celtic supporters are the voice that recognizes the tragedies that the Scottish parliament sleekitly supports through the back door.
We need to be of the mind that every media opportunity is a window to paint the truth that fake news media and fake lobby controlled politicians will never address.
If the SFA/SPL try to fine the club then invoke the Craig Levine act and tell them to stick the fines were the sun does not shine.
Explain that Old Firm games are no longer properly policed because the SNP cut the police numbers to send extra monies to Genocide land!
The BBC Scotland recent attempt to frame Celtic and Epstein in the same sentence should have seen Celtic kicking the utter hell out of the media.
Saying nothing and hoping it will blow over is NOT an option!
Celtic fans need to be educated by George Galloway, there I said it.
Appoint George Galloway as President of Glasgow Celtic FC who has to live in exile because British Authorities cannot handle the TRUTH’s spoken by George Galloway and his WPB Rebels who’s views utterly echo the Principles of Scotland’s GREATEST EVER Working Class Hero, JAMES CONNOLLY.
Explain that Celtic FC is a club were CONNOLLYi-ism courses through every heartbeat of Celtic FC, and say it unashamedly.
The GB’s importance to the team was beautifully recognized by Neil Francis Lennon when he was presented with the league title trophy and immediately made for the GB laid his first league title as manager laid down in front of the GB area, saying that this would not have been possible without you.
We need more Green Brigade with an arm around them from the club.
Everybody needs leadership.
BUT.
The PLC have made it clear that they simply have never walked in the working class shoes of the GB and their JUNGLE fore Fathers this is a shame for the standing of Celtic FC and it is because of a multitude of different reasons.
Happy Saint Patrick’s day.
Dearie Me, your misguided outrage towards BR is actually quite sad.
All because Pedro didn’t like him.
Sionnaigh on 17th March 2026 12:04 pm
Happy St. Paddy’s Day!
*Dumbarton’s favourite SON, we had a school holiday on his feast day as did the neighboring Notre Dame, there were 3 St Patricks schools, 1 high school and 2 primaries plus the parish church where my da and his siblings were baptised was called St Patricks.
Sin City Bhoy on 17th March 2026 2:00 pm
On this day folks, never forget Arthur Guinness was a Protestant, unionist, and donated money to the UVF.
*Interesting as I was led to believe that he helped the IRB.
Rodgers told Pete the Punt to stick to counting buttons and to leave the football to him.
Pete the Punt, in a fit of pique sabotages the Celtic first team transfer windows in order to payback Rodgers for putting him in his place, Rodgers blindsided the board by tendering his resignation, leaving them in a flap. The truth comes out about Pete the Punt and Desmond writes his p45 telling him not to let the door hit his fat ass on the way out, Pete the Punt throws the club under the bus again for the umpteen time by blaming the fans for his undoing and ‘the terrible abuse’ that he has endured.
The £20 million he has creamed from the club while he was in the employ of the season ticket holders will ensure that his driveway remains heated.
History will not be kind to Pete the Punt.
I read the headline as “Squalid vandalism visible in Korean players”
Not sure an article with that as the actual headline would have been any less incendiary…
Celtic Quick News you say?
Sin City Bhoy on 17th March 2026 2:00 pm
On this day folks, never forget Arthur Guinness was a Protestant, unionist, and donated money to the UVF.
Slánte
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I think many will be aware of Arthur Guinness’s background, however at £3.49 I think Wetherspoons will do a roaring trade.
Maolmuire O Muirgheasa on 17th March 2026 2:40 pm
The £20 million he has creamed from the club while he was in the employ of the season ticket holders will ensure that his driveway remains heated.
*He didnae cream 20m out of the club he was paid that by DD for meeting his KPI’s which included fighting for the club at home and in Europe.
Strange how these articles never materialise after games when Yang is getting hooked at half time. You’d think with Lawwell gone Paul you would sense an opportunity to try and repair the tattered reputation of your blog, and by association those in post in it, but no, you remain on your knees at the Lawwell altar.
Let’s humour you and analyse it then because it won’t take long to prove your desperation to project the Celtic transfer strategy as akin to a Tony Bloom analytical model is nothing but pure fantasy.
Yang arrived in your words as a ‘raw 20 year old’. A competent development strategy would have taken one training session to see he was nowhere near ready and should have been put out on loan immediately. You don’t teach a baby to swim by throwing them in the ocean, but because he and Palma were the cheap punts to replace Jota, that’s exactly what we did by throwing him into Champions League games against Athletico, Lazio and Feyenoord. Being miles out of his depth stunts his development, but they are the cards Brendan Rodgers (yes Brendan Rodgers not Honda Civic you pathetic little man) was dealt.
Speaking of Palma. Awful. No pace. No left foot. Not close to the kind of profile you want in a Celtic winger. Shipped out on loan to Olympiacos. Scored a single goal. They decline their option. No permanent offers so shipped out on again to Poznan who may or mot try to make his move permanent.
Nawrocki – no pace. Did ok on occasion. Injured too often to rely on.
Lagerbielke – Weak. Poor on the ball. Did nothing of note.
Oh – was awful for us. Idah was an upgrade and if we had went with Oh instead of Idah, we would almost certainly have lost the title that year and given Rangers direct access to the Champions League and the riches that entails. He may have done well since leaving us. But so did Teemu Pukki and no one was hankering for his return. Chris Sutton was awful at Chelsea and legendary for us. Sometimes a club’s style and enviroment doesn’t work for certain players.
Which leaves us with Kwon. At that start of the season you heralded his big move to Ligue 1 as some kind proof of Mark Lawwell’s brilliance
https://www.celticquicknews.co.uk/sharpness-on-display-kairat-troubles-kwon-escape-works/
yet a few months later they’ve papped him out to the German 2nd division and you’re once again forcing a narrative that no one believes. We all have eyes. We all watched in horror how varying degrees of awful these players were. And yet because of your relationship with the Lawwell’s you want to blame the manager, not the failed strategy. Laughable
Peter Lawwell, for the avoidance of doubt, failed miserably in his stated goal of making Celtic a Champions League club, despite having a free run at the title for 8 consecutive years. HIs domestic success is predominantly based on his only rivals being liquidated. This ‘working class’ man, who took tens of millions of pounds out of this club, got his clueless son appointed to the 2nd most important role in the football department, and had to be shamed by Ann Budge into paying Celtic staff a living wage.
Any Celtic fan that puts their personal relationship with a piece of shit like Peter Lawwell (and I am grown up enough to say his name) above the good of the club is no Celtic fan at all
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Aipple on 17th March 2026 9:54 am
I don’t think anyone of sound mind wants MON to continue next season TURKEYBHOY. Been incredible having him back though.
*when MON answered DD’s call to stabilise the club until a new manager was brought in, he came and delivered as was agreed, in fact due to work permit laws he stayed a wee bit longer, when he was leaving he admitted that he loved every minute of his time back with us and would have gladly stayed but we NEVER asked him.
When he was recalled after the winnie the pooh fiasco and believe me heads will roll as a result of this just like they did with the raphael scheidt and ICT debacle although NOT all instantly as you don’t throw out the baby with the bath water, he came back but with a contract until the end of the season.
I have no doubt that once this was over MON will want to go back down south to his family and studio positions, however I truly hope that he will be part of the restructuring both on and off the field.
Paul merely highlighted players not developed or given a chance by BR who have now gone on to international (in most cases) or other domestic success in the game. It is a bit weird that almost all who were jettisoned at CP in the BR time have gone on to do better elsewhere.
It is also a bit odd that folk now claiming O Riley was somehow a BR success. O Riley I seem to recall playing a role in Ange’s first win v rangers at CP. I also recall him standing in well for Cal in the CL that season.
I actually struggle to think of a player BR actually has developed in his second term tbh. Maybe someone can help here. Kyogo went backwards for sure as did GT. Engels hardly ripped up trees.
He had the money and the options. Remember it was his man Tisdale. Ultimately his man was actually his own man and played a straight bat. No specific agent friends.
BR’s poor me and recruit quality and blame pointing is a monumental embarrassment when you look at what the Motherwell guy or Hearts guy or even Falkirk guys have done with a tiny fraction of what we spent. Or even looking at Brugge who we could have emulated.
Incredible that folk still genuinely don’t see BR 2 for what it was. And see him for what he was. Until MON appeared (and maybe still) BR has destroyed a massive advantage Celtic had domestically.
We went from my personal best season ever in Ange season 2 to where we were in November 2025 in 2 years and 4 months. All the while against a totally imploding rangers.
Thank goodness he is gone and we are still in the hunt. Structures need put in place to ensure we never employ as badly as that guy again. DD ego needs to be kept in check.
NB My view is BR 1 seasons 1 and 2 were also fabulous and his work was excellent back then. He still left a bit of a mess for Lenny to deliver against but we got by.
Saint Stivs
Re fixtures post split.
There are actually few variations on the options.
My sense is they may want to be clear if it is a 2 or 3 or 4 horse race to balance out early or later fixtures.
Re actual number of H&A Hibs and Falkirk will both have 20 games at home and 18 away but this really only affects these 2 clubs. And of course the 2 bottom 6 who will have 2 extra away games. All others will be 19/19.
Saint Stivs
Re fixtures post split.
There are actually few variations on the options.
My sense is they may want to be clear if it is a 2 or 3 or 4 horse race to balance out early or later fixtures.
Re actual number of H&A Hibs and Falkirk will both have 20 games at home and 18 away but this really only affects these 2 clubs. And of course the 2 bottom 6 who will have 2 extra away games. All others will be 19/19.
GEDINTE on 16TH MARCH 2026 11:41 PM @ last article
BSR – thanks for posting that link. Very interesting.
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Hi mate hope you’re good.
Yes, I thought like others, it was a good listen for Celtic fanatics. Ajax and Benfica, I see what you’re saying. It’s a pity we’ve et never seen the boardroom ‘defence’ set out anywhere, it doesn’t exist “ We cannot compete with big clubs in Europe “ was the wrong answer at the wrong time. ‘ Carry on Nancy ‘ was just that.
Win the league and the big rebuild whenever it starts will be bigger than the last rebuild when AP came in. It’ll be funded by the sale of key players Maeda Hatate and a raft of others, then it’ll all start over again, – ST renewals are just down the road.
BR wanted around 26 players, boom – MON has 34/35 many specifically on loan, and two free agents. Martin himself is on record that he was surprised by ‘recruitment’ the evidence is
DD’s Celtic needs modernisation.
As Paul67 said “ It’s all just Sellick supporters with different opinions “ including the Directors, it seems.
HH
Hooch salesman like a monkey flinging shit on the perplex glass of the viewing area.
Teemu Pukki is an interesting example of a talented player who seemed overwhelmed by Celtic.
He had a good career at a level that suggests he ought to have flourished at Celtic but he just didn’t. One of those for whom the jersey was too heavy.
What utter shite,a totally incompetent Board ,not fit for purpose appointed Nancy,nobody has been removed for this horrendous appointment, and fail to support a manager who got us to knock out stages in the CL
A dictator and a prk of a son,ruling the roost,when other main shareholders stand and watch.
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all!
On this St Patrick’s Day I’m pleased to read that Ireland is ranked high in democatic nations, something diminishing rapidly in this increasingly right-wing autocratic world.
Who are the terrorists now?
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From yesterday:
CELTIC40ME on 16TH MARCH 2026 5:21 PM
THEORIGINALSADIESBHOY on 16TH MARCH 2026 5:07 PM
I don’t get it. He turned down Ajax to stay in Norway but really wanted to come to Celtic?
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OK. Here’s what happened:
Ajax wanted Knutsen and were negotiating with him to become their manager.
Knutsen prefers Celtic job and tells Ajax he wants time to consider their offer ie stalls.
Celtic are at the stage when they need to appoint their next manager.
Ajax pull the plug on Knutsen because he didn’t give them an answer.
Celtic appoint Rodgers.
Knutsen remains at Bodo and says they are in mid season and is happy to try to win Norwegian league which ends in November.
Maybe Lawwell writes an occasional leader on here.
TBB
And we stayed up all night to get Pukki 👍
OldiesrtheOldies CSC
B78
“It is a bit weird that almost all who were jettisoned at CP in the BR time have gone on to do better elsewhere.”
They’ve gone on to find their level at teams who are a better fit for their talents. Fair play to them. They are certainly doing better then they were doing at Celtic, but they are all playing at a lower level, Lagerbielke excepted. They might well continue to develop and in time have great careers, but let’s not pretend that they’re anything more than honest pros making a living from the game at the level they’re able to perform at, and that level is not Celtic’s.
They’re this generation’s equivalent to Milan Misun, Evander Sno and Koki Mizuno.
No harm and best wishes to them all.
Maik Nawrocki 8 starts in Bundesliga 2
Louis Palma due back in May, two clubs after Celtic
Kwon has played for four clubs after Celtic.
Odin Holm 3 games in the MLS back at Celtic undergoing medical treatment.
Marco Tilio 3 starts for Rapid Wien
Michel-Ange Balikwisha under contract till 2030 home in Antwerp on holiday
Ianmura – under contract till 2030 home in Japan
Shin – under contract till 2030 home in Japan
Simpson Pusey – back to Man City
We’ve sacked the HFO that came after Mark Lawwell.
I can’t criticise Odin Holm or his acquisition. The fellow has developed a career threatening condition and we can only hope he finds a treatment that resolves it. Horrid circumstances for a young player.
Paul stop it please …Kwon …after you gushing about his MOM performance against PSG for Nantes …Between Aug and Jan he played under 800 mins !!!
He was that good Nantes let him go for FREE to German second div
Nawrocki..has made 12 appearances. Just Over 900 mins starting less than 50% of games
Slow as a week in jail
Oh had something…but he had chance after chance and didn’t produce …
Dickinson and Dallas on VAR at Tannadice.