Celtic ‘agree £10m Kyogo Furuhashi transfer exit’ hours after Champions League win

Celtic striker Kyogo Furuhashi is set for a £10m move to Rennes

Kyogo Furuhashi is reportedly set to leave Celtic in a £10million transfer. The news comes less than 12 hours after he helped the Scottish giants qualify for the Champions League play-off round. Brendan Rodgers' side were able to celebrate after securing a vital 1-0 victory over Young Boys at Celtic Park on Wednesday night. Loris Benito's own goal with four minutes remaining gifted the hosts a late lead after a stalemate, and despite having Daizen Maeda sent off late on, they held on to claim three precious points. The goal was enough to send the Scottish Premiership champions through to the play-offs for the knockout stages with 12 points from seven matches - putting them four clear of 25th-placed Manchester City with one game to go.

But there were mixed feelings as it emerged Kyogo may well have played his final game for the club after being substituted in the 75th minute. Reports in France claim Ligue 1 outfit Rennes struck a deal with Celtic last night after the two clubs agreed on a £10m fee. Le Parisien claim that Kyogo has been 'under the microscope for several weeks', and the 30-year-old is now 'expected' to join Jorge Sampaoli's team in the coming days. When quizzed on his potential departure this week, Rodgers suggested that he wouldn't stand in his way if Kyogo communicated to the club his wish to leave this month.

Kyogo Furuhashi embraced his Celtic team-mates at the final whistle

"I think the biggest thing is if a player doesn't want to be here, then go," the Northern Irishman said. "And then it's at that point, then the club has to get the best possible deal. So I don't ever see the point of keeping someone who doesn't want to be here. "But I think for us, it's all eventualities. That's what we prepare for, whether it's injuries, whether it's transfers. You always have to be ready and that's our message. "But for him [Kyogo] at this moment in time, he's happy, he's working well, he's scoring goals and enjoying his football."

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