Celtic look a bit short up top at the moment with Oh leaving for Genk and Adam Idah’s future still undecided so that leaves Kyogo as our only natural centre forward in the squad that travelled to the United States.
It’s not panic stations yet as I’m sure the hunt is already under way for a new striker, and this trip to the states is just a ‘glamorous’ training exercise, so we could see a few experiments utilised by Brendan Rodgers.
One of those changes could see Daizen Maeda play a more central role just like he did during the trip to Japan this time last year.
Daizen’s hat-trick last summer
A move that worked out well as the Japanese international scored a hat trick in a high scoring 6-4 defeat against Yokohama F Marinos.
Daizen is of course a natural centre forward having played the position on a regular basis back in his homeland before his move to Glasgow. So don’t be surprised to see him play up top in any of our three games in the states.
With Luis Palma, and Mikey Johnston also present on the tour the left hand side will be well covered so we might just see Daizen deployed through the middle.
It’s a short term solution and one that Brendan Rodgers will want to resolve as soon as possible as the Celtic support awaits the return of Adam Idah.
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