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Steven Mair

Maeda, Hatate and Ideguchi get Celtic train shoutout as triple transfer makes Japanese headline news

The incoming arrivals of Daizen Maeda, Reo Hatate and Yosuke Ideguchi at Celtic are big news over here.

But the triple transfer is so big over in Japan that TRAIN passengers were told of it on Saturday.

Public transport is a bit more advanced in the far east to the point passengers get a live news bulletin when they're riding the bullet.

And in the sports round-up on the 'Train Channel' the three J-League stars making their big move to Scotland took pride of place on an LCD screen.

Maeda, Hatate and Ideguchi were all announced in one dramatic reveal by Celtic on Hogmanay.

Hatate and Ideguchi join on permanent deals from Kawasaki Frontale and Gamba Osaka and have both signed four-and-a-half year deals, keeping them at Parkhead until 2026.

Maeda, meanwhile, is on an initial six-month loan from Yokohama F. Marinos, Hoops manager Ange Postecoglou's old side.

But he's also in practice a permanent signing given Celtic have a compulsory purchase clause for the summer.

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