Ange Postecoglou has dropped an exciting injury update on Celtic centre-forward Kyogo Furuhashi.

What's the latest?

In comments made to BBC Sportsound (via 67hailhail) following Celtic's 2-1 victory over Rangers on Sunday afternoon, the 56-year-old Bhoys boss revealed that, despite pre-match reports suggesting that the 27-year-old would be available for selection in the Old Firm meeting, the Japan international was left out of the Hoops' matchday squad as a precaution.

However, the Greek-Australian head coach went on to state that the striker will be back in the team for the visit of St. Johnstone this weekend.

Speaking about Kyogo's return, Postecoglou said: "He'll be fine [for St. Johnstone]. He was desperate to play today but when I looked at our run-in we've got some massive games. He's such an important player for us and I thought today we could handle it without him.

"To be fair he tried everything. Everywhere I turned he popped up in front of me to make sure I knew he was ready to go. I couldn't walk around Lennoxtown without seeing him! But we'll keep him on ice. He's ready to go, he'll be fine and he'll be involved next week."

Brilliant news for Celtic

Considering how important a part of the Celtic side Kyogo has become since his move to Parkhead last summer, Postecoglou's claim that the centre-forward will make a return to first-team football on Saturday is undoubtedly brilliant news for the club.

Indeed, over his 14 Premiership appearances in the current campaign, the £4.95m-rated goal-getter has been in devastating form, bagging eight goals, providing two assists and creating four big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of 2.1 shots and making 1.1 key passes per game - with these returns seeing the Japanese sensation average a highly impressive SofaScore match rating of 7.03.

The £52.5k-per-week striker also impressed over his five Europa League outings this season, scoring two goals, providing two assists and creating two big chances for his teammates, with these metrics seeing the 27-year-old average an even more remarkable SofaScore match rating of 7.10.

As such, with Celtic knowing that four more wins from their last six league fixtures will all but seal the Premiership title, it is clear for all to see that the news a player as deadly as Kyogo will be available for selection for these games is a huge boost to the Bhoys' chances of being crowned the champions of Scotland once again.

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