Really this time? Celtic purgatory missing representative FW ready to leave...PL Club Interest

Oct 09, 2025

Really this time? Celtic purgatory missing representative FW ready to leave...PL Club Interest
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Will Maeda Daizen, the Japanese national team striker who fell in love with 'Celtic Purgatory', succeed in escaping this time.

It has been observed that Maeda will advance to the English Premier League through the winter transfer market. Japanese soccer media Football Zone quoted local media as saying that `Maida is ready to leave Celtic, and Premier League teams are also watching his movements.' It is unclear whether Celtic will put Maeda on the market in the winter, said 67HaleHale, which delivers the Celtic news. He predicted that he would eventually leave. He also claimed that Brentford, West Ham United, Leeds United, Burnley and Sunderland are ready to make an offer to Maeda.

Maeda, who made his professional debut at Matsumoto Yamaga in 2016, was loaned to Maritimu (Portugal) in 2019 and made his first European debut. After moving to Yokohama F. Marinos in 2021, he was loaned to Celtic the following year and agreed to a full transfer at the end of the season. The Japanese national team played its first A match in 2019 and made the final list of the 2022 Qatar World Cup finals. He has four goals in 23 A matches. Last season, he scored 33 goals and 11 assists in 49 games of the season for Celtic, contributing to his team's fourth consecutive Scottish Premier League win, and was named SPL's top scorer and player of the year.




Really this time? Celtic purgatory missing representative FW ready to leave...PL Club Interest
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Maeda was also loved by Celtic fans outside the game. In August, he appeared in training suits at a free school meal program hosted by a homeless support civic group in downtown Glasgow and spent time hanging out with volunteers and fans. The official who volunteered at the time thanked Maeda for stopping and willing to give a helping hand on his SNS. He promised to rejoin the next activity. Perhaps a new chef will join us, he said, without hiding his joy.

But Maeda wants a new challenge. The BBC reported in August that `Celtic coach Steve Rogers knew Maeda wanted to leave the team since February.' Rodgers said there was a transfer offer, and he also wanted to move on to the next level' continued to convey the meaning to the club" but no replacement could be found, and we said 'the enemy is impossible' I had a meeting with Maeda (after the transfer market). It is my role to persuade them to do their best again. He is training hard" he said.

Interest in Maeda has been hot this summer. It has been reported that not only Birmingham City and Brentford of the English Championship (second division), but also Tottenham Hotspur of the Premier League and Fenerbahce of the Turkiye Super League are watching Maeda. Celtic also set a transfer fee in anticipation of the possibility of breaking up with Maeda. Japanese online media News of the World predicted that `Celtic reportedly offered Fenerbahce a transfer fee of 21 million pounds(about 39.6 billion won)````````````. However, the transfer was not made in the end.




Really this time? Celtic purgatory missing representative FW ready to leave...PL Club Interest
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If Celtic succeed in preparing an alternative before the winter, Maeda will also be able to move as desired. However, Celtic are likely to focus on profits, not just working on Maeda's alternative. In the end, Maeda could be stranded if the transfer fee level set by Celtic is not met. A similar example is Keisuke Honda, who moved from Penro (the Netherlands) to CSKA Moscow (Russia) in 2009 and immediately caught the eye of a big club by performing outstanding performances in the 2010 South African World Cup finals and the European Champions League, but was not allowed to transfer due to the reason 'non-replaceable'. In the end, Honda was not able to join AC Milan in a free contract until the summer of 2014 when his contract with CSKA Moscow expired.








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