Major League Soccer (MLS) apologised on Thursday after saying Celtic's Japanese forward Kyogo Furuhashi had signed for Atlanta United when in fact it was his compatriot Cayman Togashi who had joined the U.

On Wednesday, fans of the Atlanta United FC were given some exciting news via an announcement from the MLS that they would be bringing in Celtic forward Kyogo Furuhashi. But shortly after, the announcement was deleted and the news was debunked,

Major League Soccer (MLS) issued an apology to Celtic after wrongly announcing that star striker Kyogo Furuhashi had signed for Atlanta United. A news released published on the MLS website claimed that Atlanta had “acquired” Kyogo before it was deleted.