Real Reason Celtic Agreed Kyogo Furuhashi Exit in January

Kyogo Furuhashi brought an end to his phenomenal run at Celtic by joining Rennes in January. It is a move that not many would have seen coming, especially in the middle of the season and with Champions League knockout phase qualification secured. Fans were left even more disappointed when the club were not able to bring in a replacement for Kyogo in the winter transfer window. Many questioned why the club had green-lit the exit of Kyogo if they did not have a backup plan prepared already. It looks like it was not the club's wish to part ways with Kyogo in the middle of the campaign but that of the Japanese forward. As reported by Football Insider, Keith Wyness said to the Insider Track podcast: "From all I’m hearing from my contacts, Kyogo really did want to be away. "It wasn’t the club getting rid of him, he expressed his desire to move on. “It’s a surprise, but nevertheless, he wanted to go to France – so fair enough. “You don’t really want a player who doesn’t want to be at the club." It is safe to say th