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Bring Kyogo BACK? | Celtic Fans Clash Over Giakoumakis vs. Simon Murray! | Superscoreboard Reaction
Jan 9, 2026
Read about the wild Kyogo Furuhashi to Celtic return claims here: https://bornceltic.com/2026/01/09/watch-celtic-fans-deliver-kyogo-return-verdict-with-bold-simon-murray-and-giakoumakis-claim/
#celticfc fans react to the news that #kyogofuruhashi is set to return to the club with some callers on Superscoreboard making wild Giorgos Giakoumakis and Simon Murray claims!
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0:06
phones with Brian who is a Celtic fan
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and it's a simple one for you tonight.
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Brian, can you go back? What are you
0:12
saying?
0:13
Um, no.
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Okay. Why?
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Um, the reason being is um
0:19
he's injured his shoulder. That's a bit
0:23
a thing because when he played with
0:24
Celtic that his challenge on his
0:27
shoulder it wasn't making him he was
0:30
kind of grant his challenges but he was
0:32
near having confidence and grint when he
0:34
had that injury. So if he's coming back
0:38
um the first thing that we need is for
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his maybe his first game or second game
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to give him a challenge and his shoulder
0:46
goes again or it's a challenge and then
0:48
that's him and it's a case right then we
0:51
need to get another striker in if the
0:52
transfer window is still active at the
0:54
time. So I would just kind of I know I
0:57
loved the guy when he was here. I
0:59
thought he was amazing but with his
1:00
injury is a we bit of a concern.
1:02
Feel at home when
1:04
Yeah, I would. But it's just it's you
1:09
know how when you get players that will
1:10
leave and then they come back. I
1:12
wouldn't want them to kind of
1:15
everybody's getting this hype about
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going to score and then if he doesn't
1:18
score in a couple of game I wouldn't
1:20
want the crowd to start kind of going oh
1:22
what have you done? you brought him back
1:23
and he's not the same player and just I
1:26
wouldn't like his confidence been
1:27
affected by like the fans being so um
1:30
eager to get him back to what he was
1:32
because I would love him to come back
1:35
but I just wouldn't want them to come
1:37
back and then it goes wrong for the poor
1:38
guy. I wouldn't want that from
1:41
do the business so we'll leave that
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there tonight
1:46
but he was right.
1:46
Thanks to Brian on the line. What about
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Paul on the other line? Are you saying
1:50
yes or no to Kyogo Paul?
1:52
Uh yeah, good evening panel. Um hope
1:55
you're all doing well and having a good
1:56
new year. Um I not particularly. I mean
1:59
look, it it may go well, it may not. Um
2:03
his form at the the clubs he's been at
2:07
since he left would suggest not. Um I
2:10
mean for me it's more indicative of
2:15
a kind of backwards approach that
2:17
Celtics seem to have to transfers. Um,
2:20
you know, we seem to be o overusing
2:23
agents. You know, I don't think we're
2:24
really doing much in terms of data
2:27
analysis. You know, looking at players
2:29
that would fit positions within the
2:33
league. Do they do they even fit the
2:35
league? You can look at someone like
2:36
Balaca, he's not even I mean had he even
2:39
played a game, you know, and I think you
2:42
know there was a lot of talk after the
2:43
co season that we were going to
2:45
modernize the football department which
2:48
kind of went backwards because
2:50
apparently an wanted to work with Mark
2:52
Labo which in my view has put us back
2:56
five years maybe more in in terms of how
2:59
we how we approach general recruitment
3:02
that just going back for players that
3:05
we've had before. It's It's pretty poor
3:07
and we really could do better. You know,
3:11
I'm not against us going for loan
3:13
signings in this window. In fact, I
3:14
expected it particularly with Martin
3:16
coming back. But what I would say about
3:19
Kyogo was his last maybe nine months at
3:24
the club weren't particularly good. Um
3:27
will he suit how Martin set the team
3:29
out? I don't know because he he he
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suited past the Cogley system but he
3:33
struggled in Brendan Rogers system. I'm
3:36
happy to bring him in because we need a
3:39
striker but I think we should also be
3:41
looking at bringing in someone that we
3:43
can say right he could you know someone
3:46
that we can nail on the board and say
3:47
look he could score maybe between 10 and
3:48
15 goals before the end of the season.
3:51
Um I mean
3:54
as we said it's a difficult window. If
3:56
we were looking to bring back anybody, I
3:58
would bring back Jackie Mackets. I felt
4:00
I feel he would he would suit Martin
4:02
O'Neal's style, he would, you know, he
4:04
stood the Scottish league. I just didn't
4:06
like him. Fair enough. But I think if
4:09
you were to go and get Jack Demakus over
4:12
Kyogo, I would be more confident that
4:14
he'd score between 10 and 15 goals.
4:15
I'll if we go any further. So just crack
4:17
on with your point.
4:19
That's fine. Uh what I will say on that
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is I hear you're trying to take away
4:22
100% record. So on that basis, I'm
4:24
wondering where my when when I can
4:26
expect my coin in the post.
4:27
That's a great question. I'll look into
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it for you.
4:29
Thank you very much. As for my actual
4:32
point, the reason why I actually phoned
4:33
up this evening is regarding um the
4:36
potential of Celtic resigning Kyogo. And
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to put forward my thoughts on that now,
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I will preface this with I'm quite a
4:45
young Celtic fan. So I I was too young
4:49
to see Martin O'Neal the first time to
4:51
see players like Kenri.
4:53
Uh so Kyogo is in my opinion the best
4:57
Celtic player I have ever seen with my
5:00
own eyes live right but so you would
5:05
think naturally we've got a chance to
5:07
sign that guy back again. There you go
5:09
do it. But I have to say I'm quite
5:12
apprehensive about it purely because I'm
5:16
just thinking as as you'll know from the
5:19
statistics of his time in Birmingham and
5:21
and also when he was at Ren uh
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statistically he's had a bit of a drop
5:26
off and he's he's now 30 odd years old
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and I'm I'm just slightly worried that
5:31
if we get if we get him back and we get
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for lack of a better term the Birmingham
5:36
Keo rather than the Celtic KGO it
5:39
tarnish his sort of legacy as you know a
5:43
modernday Celtic icon really.
5:46
Word to you Thomas. What are you
5:47
thinking? Sum it up for us.
5:49
Well, if it was my choice, you know, if
5:52
it came fully down to me and I I got to
5:55
decide, do we sign him or do we not? We
5:57
sign him because we're in a situation
6:00
where, like you've said, Gordon, if he's
6:03
anywhere near as good as he was the
6:05
first time, he's better than MD we've
6:08
got by a country mile. So, we sign him
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and we we live in hope that he can
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rekindle more than more than what he was
6:17
or you know, closer to 100.
6:20
But I don't think it's too much of a
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stretch to say Darren, what you saying?
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Um I'm saying on defense with it. I
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think he's better than what we have at
6:29
the moment, but we're not getting the Ko
6:30
we would have had to a year ago. I think
6:32
his last six months at Celtic, you could
6:34
see he was deteriorating and he's not
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had a good time in France or down at
6:37
Birmingham. But the January window is a
6:40
difficult one. So maybe maybe he'll come
6:42
in and do a turn for us. We we need
6:43
something up front because we're really
6:45
lacking up front.
6:47
The time for him to leave he's got
6:48
worse. So no chance says crazy cat man.
6:51
What about Jamie in York? Simon Murray
6:53
or Kyogo Jamie?
6:56
Simon Murray.
6:57
Oh, really?
6:58
To be fair. No, I just I I don't know
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why. I just I think it's I think it's I
7:04
I wouldn't agree with that signing. I
7:05
don't know. To be honest, you kind of
7:06
caught me off guard there. I wouldn't
7:07
expect I've not heard the sign. I've not
7:08
heard
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No, no, that was just one tweet. That
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was all. There's nothing in that. It was
7:11
just one tweet. I just was having a bit
7:13
of fun with it. What are your thoughts
7:14
generally on Kyogo then?
7:17
Seen any other season?
7:20
I would I would
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I mean J was a bit different. Jot is a
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bit younger um and kind of hadn't really
7:26
settled at the clubs that he was at
7:28
similar to Ko, but he's got time on his
7:29
side. Um whereas I just think it's
7:32
because of the kind of mad season that
7:33
we've had. Um I do think that the Kogo
7:36
transfer does make sense. I actually
7:37
said a few weeks ago when I was
7:39
expecting Nancy to still be the manager.
7:41
Um I was expecting Kyogo to come in on
7:44
loan purely on the fact that he no off
7:46
form and I think the difference with Kyo
7:48
as well and what we're factoring in is
7:50
that Ko was absolutely adored and still
7:52
is adored by the Celtic fans and he's
7:54
not really had that elsewhere. Um and I
7:57
think he can only thrive under that
7:58
environment. We all remember seeing him
8:00
on the telly celebrating and things like
8:01
that. He's obviously quite a bubbly kind
8:03
of character. Do you know what I And I
8:05
think having that sort of loving that
8:07
armor on him, similar to what Gordon had
8:09
said earlier,
8:11
the armor around them, I don't actually
8:12
think there's a better manager that
8:13
could actually bring the best out of KGO
8:15
at the minute. I know obviously people
8:17
talk about ease form before he left as
8:19
well. They say, "Oh, he didn't really
8:20
fit Brendan Roger system, but I think
8:21
that's all it was. I think he just
8:23
Brendan Rogers didn't fancy him." And
8:25
that sometimes that's just the way it
8:26
managers. They don't fancy and then you
8:28
move on. I just didn't fancy Jackie
8:29
Marcus or maybe Jackie Marcus wasn't
8:31
quite prepared to sit on the bench.
8:32
whatever you what you believe there but
8:34
ultimately he moved on. It happens
8:36
sometimes with players. Um but I think
8:38
Ko this season in particular I actually
8:41
think it's exactly what Celtic need at
8:42
the moment and I think it's exactly what
8:43
Ko needs as well.
8:45
It bother you
8:48
because I think his reasons for wanting
8:49
to leave was to try and get into the
8:51
Japan squad which I think he's a bit
8:52
shortsighted because Daen still gets
8:54
into the Japan squad. I don't know about
8:56
Hitati. I'll be honest. I don't really
8:57
pay attention to international football
8:59
unless it's Scotland. So, I don't
9:00
actually know. But I mean, it's not I I
9:03
don't Maybe the manager at Japan just
9:05
doesn't fancy him either. Or maybe they
9:06
quite fit. I mean, we have no idea how
9:08
Japan play. I don't know if any of us
9:10
could to tell us how did Japan play. Do
9:11
you know what I mean? They got a free at
9:12
the back
9:13
and Gordon knows I'm sure.
9:14
Yeah, I'll give you a rundown later on.
9:18
I'll phone you back.
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I don't think um it was earlier on
9:23
people were saying that he's maybe a bit
9:24
apprehensive about it and I think it is
9:26
he's probably second guessing that well
9:29
I left to get in the Japan squad I
9:30
really want to go to the World Cup but I
9:32
think the only way that he's going to do
9:33
that is by coming to Celtic and scoring
9:35
goals like if he comes to Celtic and he
9:37
scores 10 15 goals between now and the
9:38
end of the season if no more and helps
9:41
fire Celtic to a title or even a
9:42
Scottish
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