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Celtic sign South Korea international Hyeongyu Oh on five-year deal

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Celtic complete the signing of South Korea international Hyeongyu Oh on a five-year deal, subject to international clearance.
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Celtic have completed the signing of South Korea international Hyeongyu Oh, subject to international clearance.

The 21-year-old striker joined the Scottish Premiership champions from K League 1 club Suwon Bluewings and has put pen to paper on a five-year contract at Parkhead.

Oh becomes Celtic's fourth signing of the January window after the arrivals of right-back Alistair Johnston, centre-back Yuki Kobayashi and midfielder Tomoki Iwata.

Speaking to Celtic TV on his arrival in Glasgow, Oh said: "I'm happy to be playing at one of the top clubs and I'm delighted that my dream has come true.

"I feel like I'm on a movie set and I'm really excited to be in the city and I'm looking forward to the upcoming days. This is the moment I have dreamed of and I'm really excited to perform in front of the fans at the stadium."

Oh follows in the footsteps of fellow South Korean duo Ki Sung-Yeung and Cha Du-Ri, who both had successful spell with Celtic between 2010 and 2012.

"Ki Sung-Yeung and Cha Du-Ri are two of the players I respect the most," Oh added. "I have seen them playing for Celtic and I'm now happy to have the Celtic badge on my chest and to be working with the team on its goals."

The striker continued: "I'm a very aggressive player who also likes the physical side and I like to score lots of goals. One of my aims is to score a lot of goals and I also have ambitions of winning the league championship."

Meanwhile, manager Ange Postecoglou has expressed his delight to sign Oh and believes that the striker will excite the Celtic supporters.

"I'm really pleased. He's someone that Mark Lawwell (head of first-team scouting and recruitment) and myself identified really early on," said Postecoglou. "He's all-action, he gets his hands dirty, he works hard and he loves a goal," the Hoops boss said.

"For a young guy – he's only 21 – his goals kept his club up last year, so it's not like he's coming from a club that was doing well and creating bags of opportunities, which shows his character, and I think Celtic fans will really warm to him fairly quickly.

"I had a fair bit of experience at national team and club level playing against Korean club sides, and there are some similarities (with Scotland), but more importantly, they're another country where their top players end up playing in the best leagues and some of the biggest clubs in the world, and they've always produced great talent.

"The other challenging bit with Korean players is that they have to do national service, and one of the advantages of Oh is that he's already done it.

"He made the decision as a young man to do his national service, which leaves him clear to pursue his career, so there's a lot there to suggest he could be a very good player for us."

Oh, who will wear the No.19 at Celtic, began his professional career with Suwon Bluewings in 2019 before moving on loan to military clubs Sangju Sangmu and Gimcheon Sangmu respectively, where he served his military service.

The striker then returned to the Bluewings in 2022 and enjoyed a successful season in front of goal, netting 14 times in 39 appearances across all competitions.

Oh, who received his first international cap for South Korea in November last year, has taken part in his first training session with his new teammates and could be in contention to make his Celtic debut when they travel to Dundee United in the Premiership on Sunday.

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