Celtic complete signings of Yang and Kwon

Celtic have announced the signings of South Korean duo Hyunjun Yang and Hyeonkkyu Kwon on five-year deals.

Attacker Yang joins from Gangwon FC for a fee of around £2m while Kwon moves from Busan I-Park for £1m.

Forward Mario Tilio has arrived from Melbourne City, Odin Thiago Holm has been secured from Valerenga, while Celtic have made fellow midfielder Tomoki Iwata a permanent signing after his loan from Yokohama F Marinos.

Yang, who was the K League young player of the year last season, played in all but one of Gangwon's 22 league games this season.

Defensive midfielder Kwon's last game for Busan was in K-League 2 against Seongnam.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers said: "We're looking forward to both players joining up with the squad and playing their part in what we hope will be another successful campaign.

"Yang a player that we've looked at closely and who we think will further enhance our attacking options which, of course, already include his fellow countryman Oh.

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