Celtic began life without Kyogo Furuhashi at Villa Park on Wednesday night in the Champions League. Adam Idah netted a brace in Celtic’s 4-2 defeat to Aston Villa and prove to fans that he is worthy of stepping up and making that striker spot his own.

Celtic have completed the return of Jota from Rennes while Kyogo Furuhashi has finalised a move in the opposite direction. Japan striker Kyogo, who joined Celtic in summer 2021 at the same time as Jota, has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the club sitting third bottom of Ligue 1.

Celtic are eyeing a move for former winger Jota - as Rennes close in on a £10m deal for Japan forward Kyogo Furuhashi.

Jota has sealed a sensational return to Celtic after completing a £9million switch from Rennes.

The former Benfica youngster's return to Celtic has been held up due to the onset of Storm Eoywn in Scotland but Rodgers has confirmed that the deal is all but all done. The Irishman has also revealed Kyogo had expressed a desire to seek a new challenge months ago.

However, the club moves on and with the arrival of Jota, Brendan Rodgers has secured an ‘incredible’ talent for Celtic as the Hoops boss looks forward to seeing in the second half of the season with the Portuguese winger on-board.

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers expects the sale of Kyogo Furuhashi to Rennes and the return of Jota from the French club to be completed within the next 24 hours.

Brendan Rodgers confirms that Scotland defender Kieran Tierney will move to Celtic from Arsenal this summer at the latest.

Rennes have endured a poor season to date. They sit 16th in France's top flight, just four points clear of bottom side Le Havre. Kyogo joined Rennes from the Scottish Premiership

According to 67 Hail Hail, Sarpsborg have rejected the initial approach from Celtic for Sondre Ørjasæter. It is understood that the Hoops went in with a bid of around €5.25million which equates to around £4.4million.

CELTIC fans have already welcomed back one of their former players back to Parkhead this month – with another set to join him. The Scottish champions last week announced the return of Jota