Major League Soccer have apologised for mistakenly posting an article which announced Celtic striker Kyogo as a new Atlanta United signing.

The American league sent fans into speculation overdrive after the mistake was picked up by fans on social media.

And now the MLS has moved to explain exactly what happened regarding the quickly viral web post, detailing an employee error and apologising to both Furuhashi and two clubs involved.

A spokesperson for the league told Sky Sports News: “Major League Soccer’s website mistakenly posted an article that named the wrong player as having signed with an MLS club.

“The article was immediately removed and corrected. MLS extends its sincere apologies to the impacted parties.”

Sky states that while a player profile for Kyogo exists on the MLS website, “it’s understood they are automatically loaded through their sports data provider and include player profiles for many players around the world, not just in MLS”.