Yuki Kobayashi is one more Celtic player plainly not later on plans of director Brendan Rodgers at Parkhead.
The Japanese safeguard was selected to the Circles when Ange Postecoglou was chief and made his Scottish Prevalence debut precisely one year prior today against St Mirren.
In any case, most would agree Kobayashi’s residency at the Loops has been very baffling. He included multiple times under Postecoglou before the Aussie-Greek legend left for Tottenham Hotspur.
What’s more, all through the 2023/24 mission, the nearest Kobayashi has been to showing up for Celtic was against Officers in September when he made the seat.
Bar that, Rodgers hasn’t allowed him any minutes in any rivalry so very much like Gustaf Lagerbielke, for instance, Kobayashi’s short term doubtlessly lies somewhere else.
That is the Day to day Mail journalist Stephen Mcgowan’s message toward the start of January, saying that Kobayashi was set to rejoin with previous Celtic mentor Harry Kewell at Yokohama F. Marinos.
Nonetheless, the reportage encompassing Kobayashi’s future has now taken an emotional turn.
The Everyday Record’s Scott Consumes is currently guaranteeing that while Celtic are looking to transport out a portion of their periphery players in the crew, Yuki Kobayashi won’t be one of them.
The report expresses that the protector is ‘probably not going to leave’ the Circles this January so it appears to be his move back to Japan with Kewell is down and out.
Kobayashi marked an incredible a five-year manage Celtic last January and it’s unmistakable a move for him presently was essential for both the club and the singular himself.
The last thing he needs is an additional a half year spent watching Celtic from the stands and managing the reality Rodgers will allow him no opportunity of playing bar a crash of harmed protectors in the group.
Jozo Simunović? WHAT HAPPENED?
JOZO SIMUNOVIC has not kicked a ball in that frame of mind since leaving Croatian club HNK Gorica in the late spring of 2022
The 29-year-old focal safeguard has battled for a long-lasting home since his delivery from Celtictoward the finish of his agreement in July two years sooner.
Simunovic showed up for country outfit Goricasubsequent to being out of the game for north of a year.
The previous Under-21 back-four administrator, who was brought to Parkhead by ex-supervisor Ronny Deila in a £4million move from Dinamo Zagreb in September 2015, was cursed by a steady knee injury in the later phases of his time in Glasgow.
He turned out just multiple times for the bosses in his last mission before the club chose not to enact the leftover a year statement in his agreement.
Simunovic brought home five championships with the Bands and his last trip came in the home 3-1 Europa Association misfortune to FC Copenhagen on February 27 2020 when he tragically gifted the Danes the initial objective with a disastrous back pass soon after the span.
His visit in Glasgow was tormented by injury. He went through a knee activity and furthermore endured knee tendon harm when he missed a gigantic piece of another season.Following his takeoff from the Loops, Simunovic was connected with Turkish clubs Trabzonspor and Goztepe, yet no arrangements appeared. It was an indistinguishable story with Croatia outfit Rijeka.
There were reports Bundesliga couple Stuttgart and Augsburg were showing an interest, however, frustratingly for the player, indeed nothing was solidified.
Simunovic, however, procured an agreement with Gorica in October 2021, be that as it may, tragically, they didn’t expand the arrangement past the accompanying summer.
Presently the previous Circles fans’ most loved doesn’t exactly have the foggiest idea what’s in store – yet he is sure he will remain in football whether as a player or in another limit.
He is on record as expressing: “On the off chance that I don’t return to playing, I will remain in football — it’s actually all I contemplate. That could be instructing, office work or sports the executives. How about we find out what occurs.”
Simunovic actually monitors Celtic and is a normal guest to Parkhead on match day.
Celtic announce their first contract for January.
Celtic have reported the exchange of Yosuke Ideguchi to Vissel Kobe, the club that provided the bands with Kyogo Furuhashi and Yuki Kobayashi
Quite a while back the midfielder joined Celtic close by Reo Hatate and Daizen Maeda yet a dreadful injury on his presentation away to Alloa Athletic in the Scottish Cup really grounded his Celtic profession before it had begun. Matt O’Riley made his presentation in the following apparatus, away to Hearts.
Apparently Celtic have gotten a 1m euros expense for the midfielder, the very charge that they paid to Gamba Osaka a long time back. With conversion scale variances there might be a little benefit or misfortune.
Ideguchi showed up in his ‘debut’ season and spent the 2023 J-Association season borrowed at Avispa Fukuoka where he was short recorded for the Player of the Year Grant.
Celtic are currently ‘considering’ a bid for a Rangers-linked player, with Everton, Middlesbrough, and others.
The January transfer market is already open, and Celtic and Rangers supporters are eager to see what business their clubs will conduct at this early stage.
Celtic are reportedly ‘seeking to make a bid’ for Hearts striker Lawrence Shankland, who has 18 goals this season and has been frequently linked with a move to Ibrox. Rodgers is thought to be a fan of the 28-year-old, and the club is now ‘considering’ a January bid.
They include Sean Dyche’s Everton and Roy Hodgson’s Crystal Palace, as well as other Premier League clubs Burnley and Sheffield United. Southampton, Middlesbrough, and Hull City are rumored to be interested from the English second division.
Several reports in recent weeks have suggested that the Ibrox club is still interested in Shankland, though a summer deal is believed to be more likely at this point – providing he is still available.
Scott McKenna has been given the ‘green light’ for a move to Celtic, and Nicolas Kuhn has been promised huge things are on the way.
Nottingham Forest are open to any and all offers for Scott McKenna, who has apparently been handed permission to depart this month
Brendan Rodgers is on the lookout for defensive reinforcements for the second half of the season. Nat Phillips has quietly returned to Liverpool following an underwhelming loan spell, while sources suggest that Gustaf Lagerbielke is on his way out.
The Hoops are said to have made preliminary inquiries about his availability, and the latest from down south indicates that Forest’s response is likely to have been good.
Forest are ready to part ways, according to Football Insider’s Pete O’Rourke, and are open to offers with McKenna’s contract scheduled to end in six months.
The Hoops are also thought to be interested in strengthening at left-back, with Tiago Araujo a long-term target, while it was reported on Wednesday that Liverpoolhad rejected bids from both the Hoops and Rangers for Owen Beck. Beck was an important player for Dundee in the opening half of the season, but he now returns south to cover for Andy Robertson at Anfield.
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