Ex-Celtic striker Stefan Scepovic has joined Australian side Brisbane Roar.

The 33-year-old, who played 26 times for the Hoops during the 2014-15 season, has penned a permanent deal with the A-League side until the end of the season.

He scored five times during his time at Parkhead before going out on loan to La Liga outfit Getafe and then eventually signing for the Spanish club permanently in 2016.

The Serbian international won a Scottish Premiership and League Cup double under then-manager Ronny Deila during his only full season at the Bhoys.

Speaking after making the switch Down Under, he told the Brisbane Roar website: "I’m looking forward to the challenge. I will try to help the team as much as possible, so if we can achieve something together, that will be something nice. 

"I think all strikers, we live for goals, and goals help teams to win. As a team we attack together, we defend together so in the end all of us have a job on the pitch and if we play as one, I think we will have success."

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Meanwhile, Celtic assistant manager John Kennedy has praised forward Kyogo Furuhashi, calling him a "terrific player".

The Japan international has netted 22 times for the Hoops so far this season and is the current top goalscorer in the Scottish Premiership.

Kennedy has also detailed how the former Vissel Kobe man has adapted to life in Scotland and the Parkhead side's style of play.

He told Celtic TV: "He's a terrific player, we've seen that from the minute he walked through the door. We'd heard about him before he came and straight away he hit the ground running here and he's never looked back."

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