Celtic business smarts to seal Kyogo deal saluted as former striker loves message it sends

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The way Scott McDonald sees it is very simple.If you suddenly find yourself swimming in a deep pool of Saudi oil money, then you might as well buy yourself something nice with it.

Like a pair of golden handcuffs for the most important player you have left. And that’s precisely what Celtic did yesterday morning when, before Al-Ittihad’s millions had even dropped into the bank account, the club had announced that star striker and talisman Kyogo Furuhashi had been tied down on a new four year contract.“Look, it’s smart business by Celtic,’ McDonald said as he looked back on a tumultuous few days and weeks in Glasgow’s east end from his new home on Australia’s Gold Coast.

News travels fast. The former Parkhead poacher went on: “They’ve taken some of the money they’ve brought in from Jota’s sale and the first thing they’ve done with it is use it to protect a player who is arguably their next biggest asset.

What they are saying here is that, ‘We can’t let another one go!’.“I’m sure that’ll come as a relief to the fans who have been left reeling a little bit by seeing Jota follow Ange Postecoglou out of the door.