Celtic’s exceptional assassin

Executional?

Really?

Now, where would we be without Freud?

Seriously though, the Hoops have lost Jota on the wing, but they still have Kyogo in the penalty box.

Up close and impersonal, the wee man is more assassin than executioner, and he appears without warning.

His MO is a single shot at close range, and he rarely misses.

Crucially he seems to be happy at his deadly work.

In his first stint at Celtic, Brendan preferred a strong physical frontman like Moussa Dembélé, an imposing focal point who could play in the likes of Tom Rogic.

Now he has a striker that appears to be composed mainly of vapour who materialises momentarily long after the opposition defence has dismissed his existence as some fanciful legend.

Folk who work in the game have repeatedly assured me that, off the ball, his movement and game intelligence is at the elite level.

Now 28 years old, Celtic has secured Kyogo’s services during his peak years as a forward.

For the avoidance of doubt, Joe Hart actually said in the presser (4.30) that his Japanese teammate was “an exceptional footballer”.

Spot on, big man.