Harry Kewell was as close to Maeda as anyone at Celtic and isn't surprised by the Japanese forward's 25-goal Hoops campaign.

Harry Kewell worked closely with the Japanese live wire and is surprised the big gins haven't already tried to sign him

With the 27-year-old being so dangerous of late playing as the front man, why did Rodgers not start Maeda as the striker prior to Celtic beating St Mirren? BBC pundit and Hoops legend Pat Bonner knows why.

It was another one of those moments that makes folk smile before shaking their heads in disbelief.

Celtic bounced back from their recent double setback with a 5-1 win over Aberdeen to stretch their lead at the top of the William Hill Premiership to 16 points. Brendan Rodgers’ side suffered a surprise defeat to Hibernian at Easter Road at the weekend after being knocked out of the Champions League by Bayern Munich a week ago despite an impressive 1-1 draw in the second leg in Germany.

Former Celtic coach Harry Kewell is surprised at the lack of bids the club have received for Daizen Maeda . The Japanese attacker has been in fine fettle this campaign and added another goal to his ever-growing tally in his side's 5-2 win over St Mirren last night.

Celtic’s 2-1 Scottish Premiership defeat to Hibernian at Easter Road took a controversial turn last weekend following the disallowing of Daizen Maeda’s potential equaliser in the 82nd minute.

DAZIEN MAEDA found the net against Hibs but his goal couldn’t prevent Celtic slumping to their second defeat of 2025. But the Japanese frontman believed he had salvaged at least a point for

The Hoops defender had some spies in the German camp and they lifted the lid on what they made of the red hot Hoops star

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Daizen Maeda celebrates scoring his second goal during the Scottish Premiership match between Celtic and Aberdeen at Celtic Park, on 25th February 2025. (Picture by Mark Runnacles)

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