This may be exciting news for Celtic fans, so I’ll share it. According to Kyogo’s interview released this morning, after he won MVP (Player of the Year) of SPFL, It seems that he received a message “Congratulations.” from Shunsuke Nakamura.
Shunsuke Nakamura once gave him the following words when Kyogo’s joining Celtic was released.
Shunsuke Nakamura: “Perhaps people will compare you to me. But you don’t have to worry about it.”
Kyogo also said in this interview as follows.
Kyogo: “Shunsuke Nakamura is the Celtic Legend. When I walk around streets in Scotland, I still hear someone calling me the name “Shunsuke”. When I joined Celtic, I honestly had no idea that I could be able to catch up with his achievements in the league. However, by thinking so, I was able to decide firmly to go my own way.”
“I’ve been trying to get people to remember my name at Celtic. And I’ve been playing hard, hoping that my name will be engraved in the history of Celtic one day.”
“Now I feel like that I could catch up with Shunsuke Nakamura a little.”
“I’m human, so of course I sometimes get depressed, but I try to think that it can’t be helped if I’m doing it. As a professional footballer, when I’m on the pitch, I have to play commensurate with fans paying money to watch our performance.
“For me, scoring goals means showing that intention. Regardless of state of my mind, when I’m on the pitch, I always play while just thinking that I want to give back to everyone by scoring goals.”
That’s all. It is obvious that Shunsuke Nakamura’s words and achievements had positive impacts on Kyogo’s performance. While respecting the legend, Kyogo once again showed that he has the will to catch up with the Celtic Legend.
I want to see him get it done at Celtic in the near future.
Yatao
I am a Content Creator and Origami art Creator, Analyst working for think tank in Japan and I joined this team in May 2023 and started to write articles as Japanese Celtic author for The Celtic Star. I live in Kobe(Japan) and have followed Celtic after 14 October, 2006, when I had watched the game against Dundee United FC – Shunsuke Nakamura scored a hat-trick. Also I am an enthusiastic supporter of Vissel Kobe, and I am familiar with various information and history of J-League. I have been posting threads on trajectory and background of Celtic Japanese players on Twitter mainly since summer of 2022 in order to further deepen the bond between Celtic and Japan. This time, I’m so proud to be more committed to Celtic by joining The Celtic Star team. I’m good at changing of viewpoints, so please expect my articles written from fresh perspective.
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