Celtic sold homemade Maeda for just £600,000

Will the Celts be able to secure their sixth high range in just nine seasons?

Two weeks ago, the Hoops suffered only from their third loss of this premier season, beating 3-2 by the Rangers at Parkhead.

Nevertheless, after seeing the Heart, they maintain control at the top of the table, still with just seven fixtures set to face Hampden’s St. John Stone on Easter Sunday until the Scottish Cup semi-finals.

So, one of the Celtic attackers has an incredibly good season, but this team is even stronger if they can hold onto the superstar homemade attackers.

Daizen Maeda records could break this season

By returning home during the Glasgow Derby, Daizen Maeda reached 30 goals of the season and scored 11 on his final nine premiership outings before adding a brace in Saturday’s 3-0 victory.

Meanwhile, the Japanese international forward became the first Celtic player since Joe Craig in 1977/78 to score four times in a single European Cup or Champions League campaign, targets against Slovan Bratislava, Borussia Dortmund, Club Bruges and Bayern Munich.

Famously, Henrik Larson scored 41 times in all competitions in the 2003/04 season, but how does Meda compare to Celtic’s leading marksmen?

As the table outlines, Maeda will need 10 goals from the remaining seven premiership fixtures, potentially two Scottish Cup bonds. It’s certainly feasible.

Whether he reaches that milestone or not, Maeda’s output certainly surged this season.

But did Hoop have an even more valuable homemade attacker in their books?

Celtic Homemade Dizenmeda

Ben Doak joined Celtic as a child of Air United, appearing only twice at the senior level of Hoops, and made his debut against Dundee United in January 2022 by Ange Postkoglu.

However, after not signing a professional contract in Glasgow, he joined Liverpool that summer, with the Reds paying just £600,000 in compensation.

He made five senior appearances in a total of 247 minutes during his first campaign at Merseyside, but this season he took his game into a whole new stratosphere and loaned it to Middlesbrough for the EFL Championship.

Doak scored three goals and provided seven assists in the UK’s second tier. The 5-foot-9 speedster emulates Maeda.

Unfortunately, his season may have ended, but his season may have ended. It may have been unseen since January 25th after his thigh surgery.

But before this set-off, the Doak displays in Boro, as well as the Nations League’s Scotland displays, had won rave reviews.

Journalist Henry Winter believes he is a “huge prospect,” radio presenter Ewen Cameron labels him “Making superstar”, while BBC Sport’s Martin Watt is Scotland’s next “Wonderkid.”

So let’s take a look if Doak’s statistics highlight what all the hype is.

As the table outlines, Doak is highly ranked in assists, potential created, especially in dribbling, ranked fourth in progressive carry, and despite 218 players playing more minutes than he, the first four carry in this season’s championships ranked fourth in the penalty area of ​​this season’s championship.

In his performance at Teeside, both Crystal Palace and Ipswich reported £16 million for his services in January. These bids and others have been rejected by Liverpool, indicating his rise even further.

Therefore, the Celts must lose the fact that they could not persuade them to stay with Doak.