Daizen Maeda proves Rodgers claim about Celtic wrong in the best way as he reveals 'goosebumps' have never gone away

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Brendan Rodgers often insists his players are not robots but Daizen Maeda does a pretty decent job at suggesting otherwise.The wide man’s superhuman work rate has some punters wondering if it’s not just his phone he charges when he goes to bed at night.

Maeda will need his energy levels to be at 100 per cent again this week for the crucial Champions League clash against Young Boys.

But he’s revealed that’s when he plugs into the Parkhead power source.When the Japanese ace landed in Scotland he admitted he didn’t watch European football’s main event in his homeland.

Now he’s hooked on the Champions League. Maeda busts a gut every week for Celts but there’s something about an amped-up Celtic Park that turns everything up to the max and he’s determined to feed off it again as his side look to burst into the knockout stages.He said: “You will never be able to play in a better atmosphere than here in the Champions League.