The striker was the only frontman the champions paid money for in the summer but flopped
Celtic’s Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Daizen Maeda and Shin Yamada
Celtic could be set to welcome flop Shin Yamada back to Parkhead with the striker having failed to score a single goal all season after being dumped by the bottom side in Germany’s second tier.
The Japanese forward cost £1.5 million and was the only striker the Hoops paid a transfer fee for in the summer, after arriving from Kawasaki Frontale.
Shin, who made his Japan debut in the summer as a domestic team beat Hong Kong, still has three years left of his Hoops deal.
He failed to find the net in 11 appearances for Celtic, mostly from the bench and was shipped out on loan to German strugglers Preussen Munster at the end of January.
However, his time in Germany has been a disaster after drawing a blank in just one start and four sub appearances…and he was hooked at half time in his only start.
Rangers’ Nasser Djiga (left) and Celtic’s Shin Yamada (Image: PA)
His club are rock bottom of Bundesliga 2 and sacked manager Alexander Ende last week after a disastrous 6-0 defeat at Dynamo Dresden, where Shin was an unused sub, before he was dropped entirely from the squad for a 3-1 defeat to FC Magdeburg.
But before he received his P45, Ende explained why 25-year-old Shin is unlikely to feature much before the end of the season.
He said: “At one stage we had 12 players out injured and that’s why we brought in loan players like Shin Yamada and Imad Rondic.
“Now all those injuries have cleared and we have six strikers for two positions. Tough decisions and disappointments are guaranteed. But every single professional in our squad is extremely valuable to us.”
Get more Daily Record exclusives by signing up for free to Google’s preferred sources. Click HERE.
Tune in to Hotline Live every Sunday to Thursday and have your say on the biggest issues in Scottish football and listen to Record Sport’s newest podcast, Game On, every Friday for your sporting fix, all in bitesize chunks.
Follow Record Sport on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram for all of the up-to-the minute breaking news, video and audio on the SPFL, the Scotland national team and beyond.
You can get all the news you need on our dedicated Celtic page, and sign up to our newsletters to make sure you never miss a beat throughout the season.
We’re also on WhatsApp where we bring all the latest breaking news and transfer gossip directly to you phone. Join our Celtic community here.