{"id":279092,"date":"2025-11-23T15:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/279092\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T15:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T15:03:08","slug":"charlie-mulgrew-and-craig-moore-agree-celtic-have-come-to-a-dead-end-with-ange-postecoglou-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/279092\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Mulgrew and Craig Moore agree Celtic have come to a ‘dead end’ with Ange Postecoglou signing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every Celtic fan loves the fact that Martin O\u2019Neill is in the dugout. <\/p>\n

The one negative from it all is the fact that Celtic<\/a> are yet to appoint a new manager, after Brendan Rodgers\u2019 resignation last month, and the January transfer window is around the corner. <\/p>\n

Celtic\u2019s injury list is worrying<\/a>, and it will need to be addressed by players coming in because there are several long-term issues. <\/p>\n

Then you have the Daizen Maeda<\/a> situation. Everyone knows about the fact that Maeda, who was signed by Ange Postecoglou<\/a> in 2022, wanted to leave in the summer, so that also needs to be sorted, and it won\u2019t happen without a new face in the dugout. <\/p>\n

How much would you sell Daizen Maeda for? \"DaizenPhoto by Ian MacNicol\/Getty ImagesCharlie Mulgrew questions who didn\u2019t allow Daizen Maeda to leave<\/p>\n

Last January, Kyogo Furuhashi expressed a desire to leave. He got his wish and joined Rennes midway through the season.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Go Radio, Charlie Mulgrew<\/a> stated that he would love to know who made the \u2018final decision\u2019 on telling Maeda that he won\u2019t be going anywhere. <\/p>\n

The former defender suggested that the time could be up for Scotland\u2019s 2024\/25 PFA player of the year<\/a> to head for the exit door. <\/p>\n

\u201cMaeda is a big one,\u201d said Mulgrew. \u201cIf the new manager, does he keep Maeda? Is he getting let go? <\/p>\n

\u201cMartin O\u2019Neill seems to have sort of got a tune back out of him. Got him working hard. Back to his old self. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut you can\u2019t keep a player for too long if they don\u2019t want to be there, and you shouldn\u2019t, because you won\u2019t get the best out of him, anyway. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think, if he doesn\u2019t want to be there, that\u2019s a conversation that needs to be had. If he doesn\u2019t, you should let him go and reinvest the money in more players like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWho made the final decision not to let him go? It would be interesting. But he is a player, we said at the time, \u2018he can\u2019t go anywhere.\u2019 It\u2019s not like any of us thought that he should have gone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maeda coming to a \u2018dead end\u2019 at Celtic<\/p>\n

Maeda\u2019s performances have been largely poor<\/a>, but that doesn\u2019t mean the new manager can\u2019t change matters because you never know what happens in football.<\/p>\n

But as Craig Moore<\/a> also touched upon, it does feel as though the Japan star has come to a \u2018dead end\u2019 in the famous green and white colours. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe has got goals in him,\u201d stated Moore. \u201cHe has shown that. He can be an important player, but again, I touched on Johnny Kenny in terms of the contribution he has made and the confidence he would have.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Maeda is going to be a loss for Celtic<\/a>. There is no doubt about that. When he leaves or if he leaves. I think the energy and the work that he provides for the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I don\u2019t know if he is or he isn\u2019t invested still within the football club. But you have that feeling as if it\u2019s coming to a dead end, and it\u2019s time to move on.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every Celtic fan loves the fact that Martin O\u2019Neill is in the dugout. The one negative from it…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[34203,62761,114126,35119,218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-279092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-ange-postecoglou","tag-charlie-mulgrew","tag-craig-moore","tag-daizen-maeda","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}