Kyogo Furuhashi Transfer News: Rennes Sign Japan International striker CELTIC in a deal worth 10 million pounds

Striker Kyoju Furuhashi Celtic left for the French club Stade Rennes in a move of 10 million pounds.

The 30 -year -old leaving the Scottish League champions three and a half years after his former director Ang Bstakoglu brought him to the club J Legee Vissel Kobe.

He scored 85 goals in 165 games with the hoops, and won three titles in the Premier League, three cups in the league and the Scottish Cup twice.

Brendan Rodgers, President of Celtic, revealed that Kyogo told him “a number of months” since he wanted to move to one of the five best championships in Europe after a conversation with Japanese President Hagimi Moriasu, who previously criticized the quality of the Scottish Premier League.

It signed a two -and -a -half -year deal with the one who sits 17 in the first division.

Celtic added an alternative to Kyogo in this transfer window, Earlier, he announced a deal to return Gota To the club.

Rodgers said: “Kyojo expressed his interest in leaving several months before that, then this expression becomes stronger and then reaches the theater in which he wants to leave.

Then, unfortunately, we have to hold a deal and look forward to this for him. He was an incredible player for the club for three and a half years here and he was not someone we wanted to lose, but we have to accept where he is in.

“You can achieve many things here in Celtic. The league may not be one of the five best championships in the world, but this is the league where you can really develop your talent and show them at the highest level.

“When I got here, Kyojo did not score a goal in the Champions League. If he left, he showed that he could play at this level.

“Within the Japanese team, it is clear that there are many really good players, but I think you can show that by winning and playing in the type of football that we play and play at the highest level, you can still achieve everything you want.

“There can be problems about timing, but it is not something that has been published on us. We understand that we will lose it and understand that we must replace this quality to keep moving forward in the team.

“This is a short thing for a short time, and we hope we can get out of the window with a stronger team.”