Rennes is very close to recruiting the Japanese striker from Celtic Glasgow Kyogo Furuhashi (30 years old) for 10 million euros. Jota, in failure since his arrival last summer, should take the opposite path.
After Seko Fofana and Brice Samba, a third recruit should join Rennes during the winter transfer window. The Breton club is in the process of signing the Japanese striker from Celtic Glasgow, Kyogo Furuhashi (30 years old) for ten million euros, according to West France. The player would have been made a priority by the Rennes leaders to strengthen an attack too dependent on Arnaud Kalimuendo. The Japanese international (22 caps, five goals) probably played his last match with the Scottish jersey during the victory against Young Boys Bern (1-0), Wednesday in the Champions League.
He could play on Saturday in Monaco
Recruited in 2021 for just over five million euros from Vissel Kobe, Kyogo Furuhashi became one of the favorites of Celtic fans by finishing top scorer in the championship for the 2022-2023 season (23 goals). With Celtic, he won seven titles including the Scottish championship three times in a row (2022, 2023, 2024). In total, the current joint top scorer in the Scottish Premiership (10 goals) has scored 85 goals in 165 matches in all competitions with Celtic.
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-In Brittany, he will discover a third country and a club in the middle of a sporting crisis with a 14th place in Ligue 1 but the same number of points as Saint-Etienne, play-offs. Jorge Sampaoli confirmed this Thursday at a press conference the finalization of this transfer. To the point that the player could start on Saturday in Monaco (5 p.m., 19th day of L1). “We hope that the operation comes to fruition today (this Thursday) for Kyogo, and if that is the case he could have minutes in Monaco. He is a player that we really wanted and who can bring us depth.” Last week, president Arnaud Pouille and sporting director Frederic Massara promised to be still active in the transfer window to strengthen the squad. This will also move in the direction of departures.
Still according to Ouest-France, Jota (25 years old) will take the opposite path from Furuhashi to sign up with Celtic, where he spent two seasons (2021-2023) and registered 28 assists in 85 matches. The Portuguese striker has been unsuccessful in Rennes (one goal in ten games) since his arrival last summer and is not part of Jorge Sampaoli's plans.
It would not be an exchange between the two players but two separate transfers. The prospect of Celtic recovering a well-known reinforcement to replace Furuhashi would have made it possible to speed up the negotiations which would therefore be on the verge of success.
