Ange Postecoglou 'turns' to Celtic transfer trick at Tottenham as Reo Hatate name dropped in next Asian gem search

Ange Postecoglou has pointed to his Celtic example Reo Hatate as a reason why he won't shy away from the Asian market in search of talent.

The Tottenham manager utilised the area effecittley in his time at Parkhead, bringing in the likes of Kyogo, Daizen Maeda and the midfielder in during his first term in Glasgow. Postecoglou's eyes were opened to the talent on show during time at Yokohama f. Marinos and it almost had him snap up Hatate's Kawasaki Frontale teammate Kaoru Mitoma, but Brighton were already in on the act ahead of the Hoops.

Now boss at Spurs after leaving Celtic earlier this summer, The Mirror state the 57-year-old "will turn to the Asian market in the final week of the window." And the man himself points to Hatate and Mitoma as examples for why that market can prove fruitful. Postecoglou said: "You look at people raving about Mitoma at Brighton. I watched his debut in Japan when I was on the opposition bench.

"He'd come straight from university. In his first game he destroyed us. I knew nothing about him. I said to my opposition guys: 'Who's this guy? They said: 'He's just come from uni, how good can he be?' He put his schoolbooks down and he blew us away, him and Hatate, that day.

"We played Kawasaki and we were champions with Kawasaki second. We played the first game of the year and Mitoma and Hatate just blew us away.

"All of a sudden that changed my mindset. I'm then thinking: 'Who cares if he's been at uni? Are there any other university players that are coming out that we can grab?'

"Then you take that sort of open-mindedness in your next role. So when I went to Scotland, I thought: 'Yeah, I'm going to bring three or four Japanese players, they're gonna make it.'

"People said to me: 'That's a bit