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Craig Moore reckons Daizen Maeda is at his peak price tag and £20-25million would represent HUGE money for the Celtic.
Ange Postecoglou brought the Japan international to Parkhead for what has proved a bargain cost and he’s had a stunning season to date under Brendan Rodgers with 33 goals to his name and a host of individual honours at both his club and voted from by his peers in recognition of his campaign.
Former Rangers defender Moore knows he has been a top signing for the Hoops and can understand why fans would be nervous about potentially losing him in the summer.
But he feels by netting a big fee, the Parkhead support would accept that and wish him well if anything was to materialise.
Speaking on Go Radio, Moore said: “£20-25million for any player in Scotland is huge, huge money and I think it is very hard to say no to those kind of offers.
“It just depends. Sometimes you get certain players who understand where they are, are very happy and involved in Europe every year and get a chance to win trophies every year. Sometimes that means more to them than the money.
“Maeda has been a fantastic signing and has had an amazing season. His price is probably now at its peak.
“So I can understand that Celtic supporters are a little bit nervous about potentially losing him, but at £20-25m I am sure you would accept that and wish him the very best if that were to happen.”
Meanwhile, Hutton reckons it would be very difficult for Greg Taylor to join Rangers.
The topic of moving across the Glasgow divide has been brought up on more than one occasions on live radio shows and by pundits alike with his Celtic contract running out in a matter of weeks.
Rodgers has made no secret of his desire to keep him in Glasgow’s east end – but with Kieran Tierney on the way back from Arsenal, he looks likely to head out the door as things stand.
Hutton, speaking to BoyleSports, who offer the latest football odds, said “Could Greg Taylor ever make the switch to Rangers?
“I think it’d be very difficult. I mean, he’s had a great career at Celtic, the trophies that he’s won. He’s been a great servant to the club.
“I know that they’re bringing in Kieran Tierney, Jeffrey Schlupp came in there in the January window.
“It seems like he’s back in the driving seat. Schlupp came in and did really well, but now Greg Taylor’s been back involved.
“I heard that they had offered him an improved contract. I feel that that’s probably what he was after and looking for.
“So I feel that he probably will stay and fight it out with the likes of Kieran Tierney, who’s coming back in the summer. But I think it’d be very difficult to go to Rangers.
“If there was a club in between, if he went somewhere else and then possibly came back then maybe, but I still think that would be hard. I can’t see it happening.”
Elsewhere, Ange Postecoglou namechecked Celtic when asked how important Europa League glory would be with Tottenham.
Spurs lock horns in Bilbao with Manchester United with no only a European trophy and an end to a major trophy drought in North London the prize on offer but also a spot in the Champions League next season.
Ange stated earlier this campaign that he ‘always wins in his second season’ and he is potentially just 90 minutes from delivering on that promise.
Speaking earlier today, he said: “For me personally, well you know great, it’s another trophy I can reminisce about in my old age, but more importantly what it means for the club.
“I’ve always said it’s the significance of what it does to people that really impacts you. A lot of the success I’ve had has been stuff that’s pretty significant.
“It’s been at clubs where Yokohama hadn’t won a Championship for 14 years, Australia had never won a continental championship, Brisbane had never won one, South Melbourne – my first job – hadn’t won in seven years, Celtic had been one year but trust me that’s a long time in Scotland.
“They had to wrestle back the dominance they had for so long, so it’s the significance of them all because you know what it does to the club and to the people.
“When you look at the historical backdrop of this club and what it’s been through in the last 20-odd years, I feel like it could be a turning point in terms of the way the club is perceived but also more how it perceives itself which I think is the biggest thing.
“Until you do that, irrespective of what else you accomplish, people will still say you haven’t won anything and in our game, in life in general, that’s the things that matter most when people assess where you’re at.
