Pundit Michael Stewart has urged Celtic to continue to give a chance to Scottish talent amid their latest recruitment drive.
The Parkhead side have wasted no time in the January window adding Japanese trio Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate and Yosuke Ideguchi.
It continues Ange Postecoglou's additions from the J-League after Kyogo Furuhuashi has been an instant success since his summer signing.
But Stewart hopes that young Scottish talent doesn't get lost in the shuffle with Celtic providing the breakthrough for Steve Clarke call-ups like Callum McGregor and James Forrest.
Stewart told BBC Sportsound: "For me there is no question that Ange Postecoglou, and for a lot of people, has caught them by surprise.
"He's come from Australia and Japan, and whenever you spoke to everyone it was very favourable.
"When you consider where Celtic were, they were a basket case in regards to the end of last season.
"He has rejuvenated them, he has brought back to life some of the players who were struggling, and in Kyogo he has brought in a star.
"The guys he has brought in from Japan, by all accounts these are good signings, but I just think there has to be a little bit of an identity with Celtic.
"Under Brendan Rodgers and in the recent past, they have had a lot of domestic players.
"That helps the national side, and I don't want to see that being discarded, to a certain extent.
"With more and more Japanese players coming in, which is clearly a market you would look to exploit because he knows it so well, I think I'd be keen to see the youth and domestic players kept in as well.
"The challenge for them is as the standards are raised they need to keep reaching that bar as it increases.
"The big takeaway is we are halfway through the season, and I don't think anyone would suggest that Ange Postecoglou looks like a very good acquisition for Celtic at this stage."
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