Japan international Hiroki Yamada is training with Celtic this week.

Under-pressure Japan coach Takeshi Okada took few risks in naming his country’s 23-man World Cup squad.

Jeonbuk Motors striker Lee Dong-gook has been included in South Korea’s 23-man World Cup squad by coach Huh Jung-moo with Lee Keun-ho, Shin Hyung-min and Koo Ja-cheol missing out.

"It’s not a marvellous side but it’s competitive." It is extremely doubtful whether coach Luiz Felipe Scolari would have still been in a job if he had made this admission about his Brazilian team a year ago.

"It’s not a marvellous side but it’s competitive." It is extremely doubtful whether coach Luiz Felipe Scolari would have still been in a job if he had made this admission about his Brazilian team a year ago.