When Turkey and Saudi Arabia transfer windows close as Celtic told of ‘possible’ Daizen Maeda interest

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Another big problem has arisen for Celtic.

Fans are already furious with the Hoops board after a disastrous transfer window that saw the club scrambling for new additions on deadline day.

Adam Idah was sold for £7m, but a replacement was not signed before the 11pm deadline – so Celtic settled for Kelechi Iheanacho.

One positive is that Daizen Maeda will remain at the club at least until January, but Maeda has revealed his wish to leave the Hoops was blocked in the summer.

And now Celtic have been reminded that the Turkey and Saudi Arabia transfer windows remain open.

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Jim Duffy delivers Turkey and Saudi Arabia transfer windows reminder regarding Maeda

Jim Duffy told Clyde 1 Superscoreboard that Celtic could yet receive serious interest in Maeda before the Turkey and Saudi windows close.

In June, Fenerbahce were said to be preparing a bid for Maeda, although those rumours died down before Brentford were then linked.

But Duffy stressed that it would be impossible for Celtic to sell given the state of the squad anyway after the summer transfer window.

Duffy said: “Celtic are fully entitled to keep the player because he is under contract.

“But I think the Turkish window is still open, the Saudi window is still open, so there probably still is some possible interest that could come in for him.

“But there’s no way, even if Celtic get an incredible offer, you think they could sell him because they are not in a position to bring in players.

“As we mentioned, they are already weaker. So losing Daizen Maeda would make them unbelievably and significantly (weaker).

When do the Turkey and Saudi windows close?

A number of transfer windows across the globe are still open, including in the Netherlands and Mexico – the same goes for Turkey and Saudi Arabia as it stands.

Turkish Super Lig sides can buy and sell players until Friday, September 12, so they only have one more week to go.

While in big-spending Saudi Arabia, clubs there have until Wednesday, September 10 to deal in or offload players.

As Duffy states, however, Celtic cannot even consider selling Daizen Maeda within the next week, even if an extraordinary bid arrives.

Chris Sutton said as much recently, believing as much as £75m shouldn’t be enough for Celtic to consider at this moment in time.