Striker Kyogo Furuhashi has left Celtic for French membership Stade Rennes in a £10m transfer.
The 30-year-old departs the Scottish Premiership champions three and a half years after former supervisor Ange Postecoglou introduced him to the membership from J League facet Vissel Kobe.
He scored 85 objectives in 165 appearances for the Hoops, successful three Premiership titles, three League Cups and the Scottish Cup twice.
Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers revealed Kyogo advised him a “number of months” in the past that he needed to maneuver to considered one of Europe’s prime 5 leagues following a dialog with Japan boss Hajime Moriyasu, who has beforehand publicly criticised the standard of the Scottish Premiership.
He has signed a two-and-a-half-year cope with the facet sitting seventeenth in Ligue 1.
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Rodgers revealed Kyogo advised him of his want to go away the membership months in the past
Celtic added a ahead alternative for Kyogo on this switch window, earlier saying a deal to deliver Jota again to the membership.
Rodgers mentioned: “Kyogo had expressed an interest to leave a number of months back and then that expression becomes stronger and then it gets to the stage where he clearly very wants to leave.
“Then, sadly, we now have to do a deal and look to finalise that for him. He is been an unbelievable participant for the membership for the three and a half years he is been right here and he isn’t somebody that we needed to lose, however we now have to just accept the place he is at.
“You can achieve many things here at Celtic. The league might not be one of the top five leagues in the world, but this is a league where you can really develop and show your talent at the very highest level.
“After I arrived right here, Kyogo hadn’t scored a aim within the Champions League. If he leaves, he is then proven that he can play at that stage.
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Kris Boyd and Chris Sutton heaped reward on Kyogo after a formidable efficiency in opposition to Ross County with the ahead scoring twice
“Within the Japanese squad, there are obviously many really good players in there, but I think that you can show that by being here and winning and playing the type of football that we play and playing at the highest level, that you can still achieve everything that you would like to.
“There could be points across the timing, nevertheless it’s not one thing that is simply been sprung on us. We perceive that we have been going to lose him and we perceive that we now have to interchange that high quality to maintain the crew shifting ahead.
“That’s something that has been ongoing for a little while and hopefully we can come out of the window with a stronger squad.”
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