Ipswich Town sun kammala sanya hannu kan dan wasan gaba na Japan Daizen Maeda daga Celtic, inda mai shekaru 28 ya rattaba hannu kan kwantiragin shekaru uku a Portman Road a cikin yarjejeniyar da aka ruwaito ta kai £10 miliyan.

Maeda ya zo bayan wani farin lokaci mai ban sha'awa a Scotland, inda ya buga wasanni 212 don Celtic ya kuma zura kwallaye 79. A tsawon shekaru hudu da rabi a kulob din, ya lashe gasar Premier League sau biyar, Kofuna na Scotland sau uku, da Kofa na Gasar sau biyu — ya kuma kafa kansa a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan gaba a ƙwallon ƙafa na Scotland.

Mafarkin da ya cika

Maeda ya dade yana ƙoƙari yin wasa a babbar gasar Ingila. "Na kasance koyaushe ina mafarkin yin wasa a Premier League kuma na yi farin ciki sosai cewa zan iya cimma wannan mafarkin tare da wannan kulob," in ji Maeda a shafin yanar gizo na hukuma na Ipswich. "Manufata zai koyaushe zama fada da ƙarfi, zura kwallaye, da kuma taimaka wa ƙungiyata — zan koyaushe gudu in kuma ba da duk abin da nake da shi."

Maeda ya kuma wakilci Japan a Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya ta 2026, yana taimaka wa ƙasarsa ta kai zagaye na 32 kafin Brazil ta fitar da su.

Kallon O'Neil ga sabon dan wasan

Manajan Ipswich Gary O'Neil, wanda ya karɓi ragamar Portman Road a wannan lokacin bazara bayan tafiyar Kieran McKenna, ya karɓi sanya hannun da farin ciki. "Yana aiki tuƙuru kuma yana da kyawawan halaye na jiki, yayin da kuma ya tabbatar a cikin shekarun da ya yi yana wasa a Scotland cewa yana da ikon zura kwallaye da kuma ƙirƙirar dama don ƙungiyarsa," in ji O'Neil, yana mai kwatanta Maeda a matsayin wanda zai zama "ɗan ƙungiya mai daraja" a tawagar.

Kulob din ya koma Premier League a wannan kakar bayan sun gama na biyu a Championship a zamanin McKenna kakar da ta gabata. Maeda ya shiga jerin 'yan wasan da kulob din ya sanya hannu kansu da suka haɗa da mai tsaron baya Issa Diop, ɗan wasan jeka Abdul Fatawu, dan wasan gaba Emersonn, da kipā Kayne van Oevelen. Mai tsaron baya Cedric Kipre da dan wasan gaba Chuba Akpom sun kuma shiga akan yanayin dindindin bayan aron da ya yi nasara.

Bankwana da Celtic

Lokacin karshe na Maeda a Celtic shi ne mafi yanke hukunci a tarihinsa. Bayan wani lokaci mai wahala a gaban ƙwallon gida — kwallo ɗaya kawai a wasanni 18 — ya amsa da kwallaye bakwai a wasanni biyar na Premiership, inda biyu daga cikinsu suka kawo nasara. Gudummawarsa da ake tuna da ita mafi kyau ta zo ne a wasan ƙayyadadden ranar ƙarshe da Hearts: yayin da ƙididdigar ta tsaya a 1-1, Maeda ya harba Alexander Schwolow a minti na 87 ya kuma sa Celtic Park ta tashi daga mafarki.

Ya kammala aikinsa a Celtic ta hanyar bude ƙididdigawa a nasarar kofin ƙarshe ta Kofin Scotland akan Dunfermline Athletic.

A cikin saƙon bankwana ga "dangin Celtic," Maeda ya bayyana lokacinsa a Glasgow a matsayin "mafi kyawun babi a aikin ƙwallon ƙafata da rayuwata," yana ƙara da cewa kasance "daraja mai ban mamaki" ya wakilci kulob din. Bayanan hukuma na Celtic sun amince da gudummawarsa, yana mai cewa "kuzarinsa marar gajiyawa da kwallayensa masu mahimmanci sun kasance wani muhimmin bangare na ƙungiyar a tsawon shekaru hudu da rabi da suka gabata."