Celtic have already lost key forward Nicolas Kuhn this summer, and they could be set to part ways with another important player in Daizen Maeda.
The 2024-25 season was a spectacular one for Maeda, who scored 33 goals in 51 appearances across all competitions for Celtic. On top of 11 assists, that saw him register 44 goal contributions – the best return of his career so far.
On the back of this, clubs in the Premier League have taken notice. In recent months, interest from West Ham and Crystal Palace has been revealed, and those clubs could now be on alert.
Daizen Maeda would leave Celtic to make Premier League move
As per Football Insider, Mick Brown has revealed that Maeda has paused contract talks with Celtic, having taken an interest in the possibility of a move to the Premier League.
“I think the Premier League interest has turned his head a bit. With two years left on his contract, he’s going to have a look at all of his options, and this summer he’s going to wait and see what comes up.
“It’s a win-win situation for him because he’s going to be happy to stay at Celtic. It isn’t that he wants to leave, but if a Premier League club come in for him, he might want to make that move so he doesn’t want to close that door.
“Signing a new contract now means that opportunity will never come up. At this stage, that’s been delayed and he’ll wait and see who comes in for him.”
The departure of Maeda, who has less than two years remaining on his current deal, would be a massive blow for Celtic, who could be braced for an approach from one or more Premier League clubs in the coming weeks.
I know two groups of people who’ll be rubbing their hands at the news…Sevco fans…and our Board.
here we go again what in god’s name are the scouts doing all year with the looks of it nothing ,why does it take months to get a signing over the line all we want to do is lowball prices for players would we allow a player go if the price was not right no we would not ,if we keep going the Peter lawwell way no new players in from now and what does the boss think of this DD got Mr Rogers back and now he must saying now same as last time this will push Mr Rogers away again we are now laughing stock in football again why oh why do we allow big Peter to come back we are beginning to think that what ever price for a player Peter thinks is coming out of his own pocket well it is not so the lot of you get your fingers out and do what you are paid for everything that he is involved in goes belly up get big Peter out again ,DD GET INVOLVED AGAIN AND HELP MR ROGERS GET PLAYERS IN NOW WE HAVE BEEN CHASING SOME OF THE NAMES FOR TWO YEARS AND STILL 000000000000.GET IT DONE WE AS SUPPORTERS CAN ONLY GET SOMETHING DONE IF WE STOP OUR SEASON TICKETS PAYMENTS WILL MAKE IT ANY BETTER WHO KNOWS BUT AGAIN NO PLAYERS AS YET