Stade Rennais has confirmed the upcoming arrival of Kyogo Furuhashi. His transfer leaves Celtic Glasgow in disarray.
« We first hope that the operation will come to fruition. If so, he might be able to play a few minutes in Monaco. We expect a lot from him because he is a player who can help us a lot, and in particular give us depth”. For once, Jorge Sampaoli put the cart before the horse by announcing the imminent signing of Kyogo Furuhashi. The Japanese striker will arrive from Celtic Glasgow for a sum exceeding 13 million euros, which says a lot about Rennes' desire to reverse the trend. Officialization is still missing, but within Celtic Glasgow, the pill is difficult to swallow the day after a precious victory against Bern in the Champions League.
The smiles have faded and the Scottish club has not yet officially reacted. The press conference of Brendan Rodgers, the Hoops manager, took place shortly before that of Jorge Sampaoli, and the British technician simply said that he could not retain a player who no longer wanted to play. 'be here. But this unexpected departure while Celtic Glasgow will certainly have a great Champions League play-off to play, remains in the throat of Scottish supporters. The latter complained of the weak resistance of their leader to oppose the transfer of Kyogo Furuhashi, and to see that the Japanese player was not leaving for a major European club whose proposal would be impossible to refuse.
-What a mistake from Celtic Glasgow
But Rennes' needs made the difference and Celtic will have a mini-internal crisis. Supporters of the Glasgow club do not hesitate to regret the departure of one of their best attackers of the last 25 years, according to a survey carried out on social networks. “ What a mistake for the club to collect money and lose such a player”, “we will miss him”, “we will mourn his departure for a long time” pointed out Celtic fans, who are struggling to recover from this capture made by Stade Rennais in January.
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