Celtic striker Oh Hyeon-gyu could provide a surprise threat against Rangers in the upcoming League Cup final.

This is according to Hoops hero Frank McAvennie who reckons that the Ibrox defence "would not know" how to handle the South Korean.

Oh has made four appearances for the Scottish champions, all as a substitute, since arriving from K League 1 side Suwon Samsung Bluewings during the January transfer window.

He scored his first goal for the club against St Mirren in the recent 5-1 victory at Parkhead.

And the former Scotland international has liked what he has seen from the 21-year-old so far.

Speaking to Football Insider, he said: "This next game [Aberdeen] will get him used to what is expected of him.

“I like him. I was at Tannadice a couple of weeks ago when he came on. The fans loved him and he played to the crowd.

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"He just did what everyone expected, he chased his socks off. He got his first goal at Celtic Park which is always great."

McAvennie also explained why he would not be worried if first-choice striker Kyogo Furuhashi missed the final through injury.

The Japan forward went off early in the recent Scottish Cup clash after hurting his shoulder and manager Ange Postecoglou has since detailed that the 27-year-old had to go for further scans to see the extent of the damage.

But the ex-Hoops player feels that Oh is more than up to the challenge in the upcoming derby.

He continued: “I won’t be too disappointed [if Kyogo is unavailable] because I think he would give [Ben] Davies and [Connor] Goldson a bit of a game. But I hope that Kyogo is fit.

"If he does not play for the next two weeks or so he might be ok and we could get a half out of him.

“Rangers do not know much about Oh so they do not know how to handle him. They know how to handle Kyogo so that could go in our favour.“

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