Rodgers Confirms Maeda Rumours

BRENDAN RODGERS has confirmed to the media this afternoon that Daizen Maeda will be in contention for the Hearts game next week after he revealed the player’s status at a Q&A earlier this week.

The Celtic social media sphere was abuzz on Thursday morning when Whatsapp rumours turned into reality, Celtsarehere exclusively revealed Brendan had taken part in an evening for Celtic investors and during a question and answer session, the Irishman revealed Maeda would be back.

This was after his update a couple of weeks ago which suggested Daizen had played his last Game this season.

It’s a massive boost for Celtic who don’t have many top-tier options in the wide positions, and while Daizen had his detractors, Celtic is a better side with the Japanese star in it.

Celtic take on Dundee away on Sunday where they will need all three points to continue to march towards their third title, any slip up at this stage could prove costly.

Yang or Palma may start against Dundee, or could James Fortrest be utilised on the left like he was at Hampden?