Ki to join Celtic

South Korea's Ki Sung-Yong will join 42-times Scottish Champions Glasgow Celtic in January.

The 20-year old midfielder, who's voted Asian Young Player of the Year 2009, was granted a work permit and will now player part in Celtic squad in the quest for another league title.

Ki leaves FC Seoul, but he actually grew up in Brisbane, Australia. Being fluent in English will no doubt help his career in Scotland.

The player was ever present in South Korea's qualifying campaign for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa and will be hoping to feature in the finals as well.

He'll be greeted at Celtic Park by another Asian, Chinese international Zheng Zhi, who joined the club from Charlton Athletic in the summer.

It could've been a real Asian invasion at Celtic, but Japanese star Shunsuke Nakamura left this summer after 4 successful years in Scotland for Espanyol in Spain.