Celtic forward Kyogo Furuhashi has been compared to Erling Haaland by Rangers hero Ally McCoist.

The former Scotland international feels the 28-year-old has similar attributes to the Manchester City star.

McCoist made the comments during a televised debate on The Overlap show with ex-Celtic player Chris Sutton.

And the 60-year-old had nothing but good things to say about the Japan international.

The full transcript of the debate on the topic, courtesy of Viaplay, is available below.

McCoist: "Celtic have somebody (Kyogo) right now who is on fire. The wee fella’s on fire. He plays on the shoulder, he’s only interested in finishing.

"He’s the same as Haaland in the respect that he doesn’t really want to get involved in the game. Completely different player, I get that, but they’ll get involved, they’ll link up a little bit but he just wants to position himself for a finish, because that’s his strength and he’s very, very good at it.

"So Rangers’ two centre-backs are key. Goldson has to play, that’s massive.” 

Sutton: "Would you rather have Kyogo than Morelos as your centre-forward?”

McCoist: "Right now? Right now? Kyogo’s the one on form but it’s an impossible question to answer because Kyogo does not play for Rangers. He’s very good, he’s very good, he really is."

Sutton: "Excellent."

McCoist: "He’s the best finisher at this moment in time in the country.

Sutton: "So you’d rather have him than Morelos?"

McCoist: "I’m paying him all sorts of compliments here. He’s the best finisher at this moment in time in the country."

Sutton: "This is why this is a great rivalry because he’ll never say it."

"McCoist: “Of course I can’t say it!"

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