Kyogo at centre of Celtic vs Japan storm as key figure rages over 'crazy' double standards

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A powerful Japanese figurehead has demanded Kyogo and his fellow Celtic stars enter quarantine before crucial World Cup qualifiers.

And if the Japanese FA cave into his demands, it would mean that up to four of the Hoops squad would miss potentially miss six Celtic matches at a crucial stage of the season.

Japan face China on February 27 and Saudi Arabia on February 1 in a vital World Cup double-header at home and Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda, Yosuke Ideguchi and Reo Hatate are all hoping to be in their squad.

Strict restrictions have banned foreigners from entering the country, the Japanese FA have announced that all domestic players in the squad will have to self-isolate after the last game against the Saudis for two weeks.That's outraged J League clubs because it means they will miss their star players for important matches and they point out they are being penalised for having players in the Japan squad.Get all the latest Celtic news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link here.And if you aren't already, make sure you join the conversation over on our Celtic Facebook group and Record Sport Instagram.Now Hiroshi Mikitani, owner of Furuhashi's former club Vissel Kobe and one of the country's most prominent businessmen, has argued that it is against the Japanese constitution to allow their foreign-based players to leave the country and force their domestic players to stay in isolation.He said: "This