Two Celtic players named good enough for in-form Champions League team

Celtic forward Kaizen Maeda, in Stiliyan Petrov’s opinion, possesses “some of the best”

qualities he has seen in a football player.

Even though Brendan Rodgers’ team lost badly to Borussia Dortmund 7-1 on Matchday Two

of the UEFA Champions League, they still seem to be a formidable force at home,

winning the Scottish Premiership after six games without dropping a point or giving up a goal.

Nevertheless, the 5-1 European victory over Slovan Bratislava two weeks prior

indicates that the crushing defeat suffered in Dortmund on Tuesday might have been

nothing more than a “bad day at the office,” as midfielder Arne Engels put it.

Petrov, who played for the Hoops over a seven-year period,

has taken notice of Maeda’s remarkable form. He believes that Maeda and his countryman

Yogo Furuhashi would fit in well at his other former club, Aston Villa.

Under Unai Emery, Villa earned a spot in the Champions League this season,

and on Wednesday, they defeated Bayern Munich in a historic victory.

Nevertheless, Petrov believes that Celtic’s Japanese duo have the ability sets

necessary to make a roster that includes the Villa boss.

“There’s not just one, there are quite a few,”

the legendary player from Bulgaria said to Gambling.com this week.

“Listen, Celtic is playing pretty well right now, but Maeda or Kyogo are the two players

I would most likely like to see.

They would fit any squad, in my opinion. Maeda is amazing with his speed, vigor,

and ability to press and push full backs. Most likely among the best football plays I’ve ever seen.

“And Kyogo is just a classy player, a great striker with so much ability,

really clever and the main thing is he score goals.”