Yang extends his stay with Celtic until 2030

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·22. Mai 2026

Yang extends his stay with Celtic until 2030

Last weekend he was helping Celtic to a historic and thrilling 2025/26 title win over Hearts that has paved the way for Hyunjun Yang and his team-mates to go for the Double this weekend.

Now the South Korean winger has a personal double to celebrate as not only has he signed a new contract with Celtic, he has also been recalled to the South Korean squad for the 2026 World Cup.

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The new deal will see Yang remain with the club until 2030, with his wing displays in making and scoring goals this term crucial in Celtic’s fighting run to the title.

Speaking to Celtic TV, Yang said: “I’m so happy to sign the new contract. I love this club and my future is here.

“I’m happy, and though the season was a little bit hard, we are Champions and hopefully next season it will be easier.

“I also want to show better performances in the European games.”

And in a personal message to the Celtic support, the 23-year-old, who was recently voted Young Player of the Year by the fans, said: “I know when I play, the fans always supported me and I’m really happy to be here, so I want to say thank you very much.”

Much of his breakthrough as this season entered the halfway stages of the campaign was down to the nurturing of Martin O’Neill, who displayed complete faith in the winger’s attributes over his two spells of recent Celtic management.

And although thrilled at Yang extending his stay with the club, the Irishman knows their paths nearly didn’t cross at all because of possible summer transfer action.

He said: “I’m absolutely delighted, because on transfer deadline day he was down at Birmingham City, so I’m pleased that didn’t go through.

“Obviously, I didn’t know him at that time, but there was something about him in training that you felt he’s got a bit of something – he can go past players, he can deal with the ball, all those particular things.

‘He maybe just needed a bit of confidence-boosting as much as anything else, but he’s done wonderfully well.’

“It’s how you deal with the situations. I think that confidence is a major thing and if you’re going into games with a lack of confidence as a wide player, and I know this myself, the last thing you want to do is lose the ball a couple of times.

“Because you just go into your shell and you don’t want to take people on in case you lose it again. What you’ll do is just do the safe thing and pass the ball back.

“So, a lot of that there definitely needs encouragement, but then when you know that you have it and you feel that people are on your side, that’s the lovely thing about it, and he’s done wonderfully well.”

The manager added: “The reason that he has done well is that he’s got big, big goals for us at big moments, and he’s brave as well.

“He takes the ball under pressure. The parts of his game that we talk about when we go through his clips each week, sometimes we ask, can you do this, can you do this.

“He’s super and he’s worked his way back into the South Korean squad.”

And on what Yang can bring to the Celtic team going forward, the manager said: “The very obvious thing is improvement.

“He tries to improve his game, he tries to visualise situations when he’s got the ball wide, when players are coming in to crowd him out, what does he do there?

“The last thing you want to do is come inside and flick a silly little ball to somebody that doesn’t exist.

“So those are the types of things that I think he definitely can improve in, but in terms of confidence, he’s got it this season.

“People believe in him and that’s very important, but the overall improvement in his game, I think he can take it a stage further, and obviously that’s what I’m hoping.”