Injury sidelines Celtic player for the season after Premiership team initiates negotiations to sign ‘class’ Hoops man

Kwon, a midfielder for Celtic, had a muscular injury that will sideline him for the whole season.

The South Korean player, who was signed to a five-year contract by the Hoops from Busan IPark, cost about £1 million. Despite having trouble contributing under Brendan Rodgers in the first part of the season, he has excelled in the second while on loan in Paisley.

He has received crucial playing time from Stephen Robinson in the St. Mirren midfield as the Buddies contend for European football. The Saints manager announced prior to Sunday’s loss to Rangers that Kwon will be sidelined for the remainder of the league season because of a hamstring issue.

It follows the Northern Irishman’s February revelation that negotiations were in progress to return the Celtic loanee to Paisley. Robinson had earlier stated: “We would really like to keep him.” We’re having a conversation with Celtic about it, and we might decide to retain him for an additional season.

Although we would be happy to do so, we won’t make that decision because he isn’t one of our players. It was about getting him playing time, even though we knew he would have an impact. He hasn’t played much since arriving in the nation.

It’s acclimating him to Scottish football, which occasionally involves long throws and balls that he may not be accustomed to. The gameplay’s physical aspect.

“He’s brought that extra polish and poise. It is something we would really like to finish. That might be a long way off, but in my perfect world, that would happen.

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