New Celtic right-back Alistair Johnston has named Jota and Reo Hatate as the Hoops' two most technical players - and he made sure to talk up his Portuguese teammate's stylish hair.
23.01.2023 - 14:55 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Oh Hyeon-gyu was dubbed South Korea's "most important player" by captain Son Heung-min - after selflessly giving up his place in Qatar to the Tottenham superstar. But he's denied claims his international skipper paid him £105,000 out of his own pocket as compensation.
Oh looks set to sign for Celtic in a £2.5m deal this week amid reports that a deal has been agreed with Suwon Bluewings and a medical is underway. The 21-year-old was initially named in the South Korea squad for the World Cup, but one player had to be cut if Spurs star Son - who made a late recovery from a fractured eye socket - was to be swapped in.
Hyeon-gyu gave up his spot for his captain and Son personally thanked him, hailing him as his country's "most important player" for giving up the chance to play at the World Cup. But Oh has denied media claims that Son gave up his £105,000 World Cup bonus as compensation. He said: "Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to Son Heung-min for the kind words he said about me during the World Cup. They meant a lot to me.
"I read the stories about him giving me his bonus at his own expense. It's true that he took good care of me, but he certainly never personally give me any money. All the stories were lies."
Oh travelled to Qatar and trained with the squad anyway and was involved in the celebrations as they made the knockout stage before being thumped by Brazil. Son personally praised him when he stated: "I am only at the World Cup because Oh sacrificed his place in the squad for me.
"What I want to say to him is thank you so much. Even though he is a young player, he decided to try and help the team. Although he wasn't in the final roster, he was the most important player in the squad in my eyes."
READ NEXT
New Celtic right-back Alistair Johnston has named Jota and Reo Hatate as the Hoops' two most technical players - and he made sure to talk up his Portuguese teammate's stylish hair.
EXCLUSIVE: Arthouse streamer and distributor Mubi has traditionally been shy about revealing performance numbers for its movies, but today we can reveal that BAFTA and Oscar hopeful Aftersun has become the company’s most streamed release globally.
A Gisele Bündchen bikini sighting is more than just a moment — it’s an experience. Each time the supermodel has slipped into a bathing suit, she has provided Us with major fashion inspiration.
EXCLUSIVE: Following the global success of Netflix original series D.P. and Hellbound, and the Netflix original film Jung-E, South Korea’s Climax Studio is developing filmmaker Jason Kim’s The Monster Tale along with Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s Imaginarium Productions.
If St Johnstone push Celtic all the way at McDiarmid Park again then Ange Postecoglou will need a new hero this time.
The Qatar Investment Authority has joined Providence Equity Partners and Apollo as a major investor in The North Road Company, the global, multi-genre studio launched last year by Peter Chernin.
Concerned Kris Commons reckons Celtic could be left scrambling to find a new striker this month - and fears similar deals that brought Mo Bangura and Stefan Scepovic to the club.
A Brazilian woman has given birth to a humongous baby measuring two feet and weighing a staggering 16 pounds.
Ange Postecoglou has addressed Celtic's move for Oh Hyeon-gyu - admitting he expects progress in the the transfer market in the "next few days".
Premiering on the first day of the Sundance Film Festival, Kim’s Video is the perfect Sundance documentary, a playful and intelligent film that teases one thing and delivers quite another. Just as 2012’s Searching for Sugar Man set out to find a missing soul singer and uncovered a secret history of anti-apartheid rebellion in South Africa, this affectionate and funny film by Ashley Sabin and David Redmon and playing in the fest’s Next lineup starts as a nerd’s quest and transforms into, well, actually two things: one a glorious shaggy dog story that somehow links a New York dry cleaner, the Coen brothers’ late fees, South Korea’s CIA and the Mafia, the other an astute and actually rather moving rumination on the very real social importance of film history.
Sam Heughan says it's been a delight working on Outlander after it was announced on Wednesday that the fantasy drama would be coming to an end.
Netflix has unveiled its 2023 feature film slate, consisting of 49 titles.
A cargo ship transporting the most dangerous South Korean prisoners provides the setting for Kim Hung-sun’s gloriously absurd actioner “Project Wolf Hunting.” Equal parts “Con-Air” and “Predator,” this hybrid sci-fi/thriller may make no narrative sense whatsoever, but it nevertheless provides borderline obscene amounts of violence and blood that, depending on your tolerance, will either be campily enjoyable or never-ending. Personally, I fell into the former category, as Kim stages a series of over-the-top action scenes on the claustrophobic confines of the ship.
At least 40 people have died after a plane carrying 72 people has crash landed near Pokhara International Airport, Nepal, in the early hours of this morning. The daily Kathmandu Post newspaper reported there was 68 passengers and four crew members aboard, quoting a spokesperson for Yeti Airlines.