Mizuno, 22, has agreed a three-and-a-half-year deal to join his compatriot Shunsuke Nakamura at Parkhead.

"Mizuno is going to join us at the end of the week," Burns said. "From everything I have seen, he is a very technically gifted footballer, similar to Naka in many ways.

"He has a good bit of pace about him as well, which is a good combination."