Brendan Rodgers has admitted Kyogo Furuhashi asked to leave Celtic.
The Parkhead manager has explained the transfer exit for the Japanese striker to join Rennes is expected to be finalised in the next 24 hours.
However, Rodgers did not want to lose the forward and revealed Kyogo had expressed his desire to leave Celtic in the past few months.
Celtic are expected to sign Jota from Rennes as Kyogo joins the Ligue 1 club in the coming days.
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"He has obviously travelled for a medical and what not so that will probably be confirmed I would say in the next 24 hours," Rodgers said explaining Kyogo's proposed Celtic exit.
"He was one of our top players and someone who fit perfectly into how we want to play.
"Kyogo had expressed an interest to leave a number of months back and then that expression becomes stronger and then it comes to the stage where he wants to leave.
"Sadly, we have to then do a deal and look to finalise that for him. He has been an incredible player for the club. He is not someone that we wanted to lose."
