Celtic, who have FW Kyogo Furuhashi (27) and FW Daizen Maeda (24), who are candidates for Japan’s representation of the Qatar FIFA World Cup tournament, are former Japan U21 representative DF Yuki Kobayashi (22) from Meiji Yasuda Life J1 League Vissel Kobe In Japan it is reported that it is crucial to acquire In the midst of this, local media, including the British newspaper “Daily Record”, have touched on the news of Yuki Kobayashi’s departure and have expressed their expectations for the player.
In May 2016, at the age of 15, Yuki Kobayashi became a registered Type 2 player and was promoted to the first team in January 2019. After returning to Vissel Kobe last year after being transferred to FC Machida Zelvia and Yokohama FC, he has played as a starter in almost every J1 league game thus far this season. DF Ruho Kikuchi (25) was injured and became a central defender.
Meanwhile, some media reports that Yuki Kobayashi will move to Celtic in January next year. “Daily Record” reports that “the transfer of Yuki Kobayashi to Celtic is approaching due to the agreement with Vissel Kobe on the transfer fee”.
In addition, a reporter from the US media “Stats Perform” said: “Yuki Kobayashi moved to Celtic? It is reported that Vissel Kobe defender has agreed to move to Scottish champions Celtic. Kyogo Furuhashi, who has joined from Vissel Kobe last time, he’s going well ”.
Celtic invited manager Ange Postecoglou in June last year and in July Kyogo Furuhashi was joined by Vissel Kobe. In December last year, the team drew attention for the acquisition of three Japanese players, Daizen Maeda, MF Reo Hatate (24) and MF Yosuke Ideguchi (26), but the strategy to acquire Japanese players will continue.
