Daizen Maeda

Fantastic, so well deserved.

I think it says a lot about his consistency this season that when he does finally have a bad game, it's because he had 2 long-haul flights in a week, spent that week on the other side of the world and only had one training session.

It literally takes that much to make him have a poor game these days! And even then, he was far from the worst.

 

Should have given back his awards after that miss yesterday .








Well maybe not. Been superb for us.

 

What else can be said? He totally deserves every plaudit and every award that comes his way for his efforts.

Superb.

 

In an age where * like Trump, Farage and big business CEO’s continually succeed without morals, it’s fantastic to see a humble individual like Maeda finally get the recognition his efforts deserve.

So proud this guy plays for us

 

New contract plz

 

Daizen Maeda insists new contract talks are on hold until after Celtic’ s Treble bid.


And the PFA Scotland player of the year revealed he won’t be attempting another gruelling round trip back to Japan ahead of the Scottish Cup Final


The Hoops ace jetted back to his homeland last week with his family for the birth of their third child

But baby Maeda didn’t arrive and the attacker legged it back to Scotland in time for Sunday’s Old Firm stalemate at Ibrox.

The 27-year-old will be staying in Scotland for the next few weeks though as he is focused on completing the Celts clean sweep.

And Maeda admitted he’s happy to wait until after the Hampden showdown with Aberdeen to sit down and thrash out a contract extension


Maeda – whose current deal is up in 2027 – said: “Yes, the gaffer spoke to me about it. But there are still some games to be played this season so I just want to focus on them.


We still have the Scottish Cup final to play for this season so I don’t want to focus too much ahead. I want to focus on that


“I know this number of goals is not easy to achieve, so I don’t want to think too much about this being the objective for next season. I would like to focus on everything, including goals, and then in the end maybe I can achieve something.”

Maeda admitted the 20,000 mile round trip took its toll at the weekend and he was out of steam when he spurned a chance to grab a stunning stoppage time winner against Gers.

The 31-goal frontman won’t be attempting the jaunt again though with more silverware on the line


He said: “It was a difficult trip this time because of the time difference and all the travel. It took a lot for me to go back and forth. So yeah, now I plan just to stay here for the rest of the season.

“I was expecting my baby to be born in Japan but still he hasn’t been born yet. So it was a bit difficult with the travel and everything.

“But the manager used me against Rangers and I was grateful for his trust



“At that moment physically it was very tough, I couldn’t do much. I wish I could have scored that one. But overall what we have done this season has paid off, we have won the league and I’m very happy about that


Maeda was frustrated but he crowned a sensational season with the PFA Scotland main prize on Sunday night

The humble attacker was thrilled to claim the gong – but he insisted he’s no superstar and is determined to grab another medal at Hampden.

Maeda said: “I’m very happy to be voted by my fellow footballers. As a foreigner it’s really difficult to receive something like this so I’m very grateful.

“I’m not a superstar or anything, I’m just glad to receive this award.

“We have the cup final but we also have three league games to play and it would be nice to show why we are the champions.

“We will have to get the results there, finish the league strongly and then hopefully get the last trophy.

 

No chance he signs a new deal. He was pressed on this in an interview in March and said he's unsure if his long term future is at Celtic. Now he's using one straight from the Ange playbook of not wanting to talk about his future as there are still important games and a cup final to play......He will be away , let's hope for 30m+.

 

Would you rather he said that actually, he's considering offers and his agent is looking into them and that he's sorry if this news disrupts our preparations for the cup final?

He's being very professional about it IMO.

 

His attitude and professionalism to the game and to the club is top notch. Similar to Kyogo's when he was here.

 

G.o.a.t​

 

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