Celtic have agreed a club-record £11m deal to sign Kasper Hogh from Bodo/Glimt, while Daizen Maeda joins newly promoted Ipswich Town on a three-year deal. The Denmark international has passed a medical before signing a four-year deal at Parkhead. Daizen Maeda has completed his move to Ipswich Town in a £10m deal. The Japan international was a key player for the Hoops since joining under Ange Postecoglou in 2022, but had never hidden his desire to play in the Premier League. Maeda scored 79 goals for Celtic and won five Premiership titles, three Scottish Cups and two League Cups. He struggled for much of last season, but refound his form towards the end of the campaign with nine goals in the last seven matches of the season as the Hoops secured a league and cup double. Ipswich Town, who are 68 points behind leaders Lincoln in the title race, have bolstered their squad with the signing of Maeda. The Tractor Boys are looking to build on their promotion to the Premier League after finishing 24th in League One last season, with 35 points from 46 games. They have scored 39 goals and conceded 74 this season, with a goal difference of -35. Ipswich's new signing joins the newly-promoted Tractor Boys on a three-year deal after scoring for Japan at this summer's World Cup as they reached the last 32 before losing to Brazil. Celtic boss Martin O'Neill said: 'Without going too deeply into it, that's the calibre of player that we'd be looking for, who has scored goals in the Champions League.' O'Neill added: 'I'm hoping that players coming into the football club who are of some sort of substance, I think that would be the exciting thing for fans. For most of the time that I was here last season, we struggled to score goals. Maeda came up brilliantly for us in the last six or seven weeks of the season, but we didn't have that recognised striker. So that would be a big plus for us if we can do that.' Hogh has been Celtic's No 1 centre-forward target this summer, and Celtic hold the option to extend the proposed deal by a further year. They made an enquiry for him in the January transfer window but due to Bodo's success in the Champions League he decided to stay on for that run - where he scored in their famous win over Atletico Madrid on their way to the last 16. Hogh scored 53 goals in 102 appearances for Bodo/Glimt. Maeda, meanwhile, exits Celtic. The Japan international was a key player for the Hoops since joining under Ange Postecoglou in 2022, but had never hidden his desire to play in the Premier League. Maeda scored 79 goals for Celtic and won five Premiership titles, three Scottish Cups and two League Cups. He struggled for much of last season, but refound his form towards the end of the campaign with nine goals in the last seven matches of the season as the Hoops secured a league and cup double. After the end of the season, Maeda reiterated his desire to play in England's top tier. 'Naturally, I will miss him,' O'Neill said. 'He was in his last year of his contract. Before I came here, the club made him a real big offer, in our terms, at least 16 months ago. And the lad refused to do it in the sense that he wanted to play in the Premier League if he could, or the Bundesliga. So I will obviously miss him, but I'm delighted for him at the same time, genuinely delighted for him. He deserves the move because he's been fantastic for the club. We will miss his presence around about the place and Ipswich will be getting somebody that they will grow to really like.'
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Celtic's Kasper Hogh joins Ipswich Town in £11m deal, as Daizen Maeda completes £10m move
Celtic's Kasper Hogh joins Ipswich Town in £11m deal, as Daizen Maeda completes £10m move
