Celtic duo set for international call-up

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·19 February 2025

Celtic duo set for international call-up

Two Celtic players are set to receive an international call-up with South Korea…

Hyunjun Yang of Celtic challenged by Glenn Middleton & Emmanuel Adegboyega of Dundee United. Celtic v Dundee United, Premiership, Football, Celtic Park, 15 February 2025. Photo Stuart Wallace Shutterstock

Both Yang Hyun-Jun and his compatriot, Kwon Hyeok-kyu, are primed and ready to go for their country and they are very much in contention for the Korean Republic’s next fixtures.

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Yang is starting to impress at Celtic

Yang has been getting far more game time at Celtic Park under Brendan Rodgers this term and whilst many are still unconvinced by the winger, he has shown his ability to drive with the ball at times and create problems for teams.

His return is still far away from the level required to succeed long term at Celtic, although it has been good enough to make his national team manager take him seriously.

Celtic v Wolves – Kwon Hyeok-kyu left battles for the ball during the pre-season friendly match at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Saturday July 29, 2023. Photo Brian Lawless

Meanwhile, Kwon Hyeok-kyu is out on loan at this moment in time at Hibernian and has been progressing well under David Gray at Easter Road. The Edinburgh side have came back from the brink under their former player to go on a fantastic winning run domestically at the minute. Kwon has played his part of this renaissance and has given a fair contribution to it over the piece.

Korean coaches recently visited Lennoxtown

South Korea’s national team head coach, Hong Myung-bo, travelled to Europe this month to meet with his players that are based in European football. Both Yang and Kwon were no exception and the Taegeuk Warriors’ gaffer met with our Bhoys during this trip earlier on in the month, ahead of their fixtures against Oman and Jordan in March.

Yang Hyun-Jun of Celtic scores his team’s fourth goal during the Scottish Cup match between Celtic FC and Raith Rovers FC at Celtic Park on February 08, 2025. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Myung-bo said of his journey, which included a meeting with the Celtic duo, as reported Herald Sport: “My trip to Europe was very beneficial. Accompanied by my coaches Park Geon-ha, Kim Dong-jin, and Kim Jin-gyu, we watched games in Scotland, England, Germany, Netherlands and Belgium. We met with Yang Hyun-jun at Celtic and Kwon Hyuk-gyu at Hibernian, along with several other European-based players.”

Paul Gillespie