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Daily Record
25 minutes ago
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Daizen Maeda leaving Celtic is the silliest transfer talk yet and I wouldn't sell him for £75million
Sutty sees the Japanese star as irreplaceable right now as he hopes for less stressful Champions League trip to Kazakhstan Some people call the transfer window the silly season with all the rumours and speculation flying around. But any talk of Daizen Maeda being sold by Celtic might be the silliest suggestion of the lot. It would be absolutely ridiculous to even entertain any notion of letting the attacker go right now. I don't care what anyone says about the Celtic model or the prospect of a big money bid. Maeda simply cannot be allowed to depart right now. For any money. Even if it's crazy cash – £75m wouldn't cut it. Honestly. That might sound like I've lost my marbles but I'm serious. Celtic wouldn't be losing just one player. Maeda's versatility would mean they would be saying goodbye to at least two – and that's at a time when they are already down to the bare bones in the front areas. There are some who say he's 27-year-old, he has two years left on his deal and this might be the time to cash in. That would be fine if there were two replacements already lined up. But, given Celtic still haven't replaced Kyogo or Nicolas Kuhn, I'd doubt it would be the case with Maeda. I didn't think Kyogo would go in January. I didn't' expect them not to sign another striker. Likewise in the summer, I felt Kuhn was worth keeping for another year, or at least there would be cover in the door first. I've been proved wrong both times and I could be again with this one. But selling Maeda in this window would be just about the final straw. What would Brendan Rodgers be left with? He already needs wide men and a striker. The board would be taking the legs out from under him. There's also suggestions he might want to go and it's difficult to keep a player who is determined to leave. Why should it be? Maeda has two years left on his contract – a contract he was happy to sign – and you have a duty to your employers. It's up to the clubs to decide when someone is sold. I get the stuff about unhappy players making like difficult and you can see it with Alexander Isak at Newcastle. But refusing to play is a breach of contract. You either get on with your work or you get your wages docked until you see sense. There's absolutely no suggestion it would get to that stage with Maeda or if he even is agitating for a move at this point in time. He is a guy who always gives his heart and soul and I doubt that would change regardless. He's also the most important player in the squad right now so he needs to stay. If there are options in 12 months then so be it, that could be the time to deal. But not now. Celtic are already gambling with the Champions League with their failure to land attacking targets in this window. Maeda going and they'd be folding altogether. And at some stage you have to say enough is enough. Rodgers has watched top talents head out of the door and his squad has got weaker. The manager batted away the Maeda question at his press conference before the Falkirk game but saying he was as confident as he could be that he'd still be at the club beyond the window wasn't exactly emphatic. Rodgers is having to tread carefully right now but he just be seriously hacked off at the moment. Forget about the nonsense about him not wearing a club tie, he had one hand tied behind his back. He also knows there's a duty to provide the best possible team for the supporters who stump up their hard-earned cash on season tickets, merchandise and everything else. They can't be expected to keep digging deep for an inferior product. There's no point in repeating myself about the dithering in the market this summer but it has cranked up the pressure ahead of Wednesday's Champions League play-off with FC Kairat. On paper Celtic should be strong enough regardless to take care of the Kazakhstan side over two legs. But it's not a given. Anything can happen in these ties. Slovan Bratislava had a man sent off over there in the last round, lost the game and it cost them. Celtic took a 5-0 lead to Astana a few years back and at one stage in the away game it looked like everything was going to pot. I remember meeting Rodgers in the stadium after that game and looked absolutely shattered. He's been put through the mill that night and would give everything for a stress free trip this time. Wednesday is vital. The pressure is on for Celtic to take a lead – preferably a commanding one – out to Almaty as we know going out there is demanding for a number of reasons. That means having a cutting edge where it matters, and that's been the concern in the league games so far. Celtic got off to a good start with wins against St Mirren and Aberdeen but none of the front three scored in either game. They are getting by right now but until reinforcements arrive, they are just getting by and that could come back to bite them. Kairat are a defensive team and they will come to Celtic Park and sit in. They could be difficult to break down and that's where the lack of options in the final third starts to worry me. Listen, Celtic could just as easily go out and stick five past them, you never know, but everyone would be a lot more relaxed going in if the likes of Kyogo, Jota and Kuhn were there At least Maeda is someone Celts can hang their hand on – and it has to stay that way no matter what.
SoraNews24
26 minutes ago
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World's oldest manga is now a bra thanks to Japanese lingerie maker's art history series【Photos】
Peach John's Master's Bra design draws inspiration from an official national treasure of Japan. Japanese lingerie maker Peach John likes to incorporate artistic flourishes into its intimate apparel, and especially so with its Master's Bra series, which draws inspiration from the grand masters of the art world whose have left their mark on history with their iconic works. For the series' latest design, Peach John is taking its cues from none other than the piece of artwork that's considered by scholars to be the very first manga. The Choju-giga, or the Choju-jinbutsu-giga, to use its full name, was painted all the way back in the 11th century. A series of picture scrolls, it depicts rabbits, frogs, monkeys, and other animals wrestling, frolicking, and otherwise horsing around. The use of inked artwork to create a series of humorous scenes of anthropomorphized characters is seen as a distant forefather of the manga of modern Japan. Peach John's bra and panty set recreates artwork from the first scroll of the Choju-giga, which was painted in the late Heian period and is now an officially designated national treasure of Japan, dividing its time between the Tokyo and Kyoto National Museums. Coinciding with the release of the Choju-giga lingerie on August 13, Peach John is also once again offering their Fujin and Raijin lingerie set, based on the 18th century Wind God and Thunder God folding screen paintings of Edo period artist Ogata Korin. By nature of reproducing famous works of art, Peach John's Master's Bras customarily feature an asymmetrical design. In the case of the Fujin Raijin bra, the billowing cloth being held by the Fujin wind god and crackling ring of lightning surrounding the Raijin thunder god stretch subtly beyond the regular upper curvature of the bra, adding a touch of playfulness to the cultural significance of the cups' design. The gold color of the base material, meanwhile, represents the gold covering of the original folding screen. Joining these two Japanese classics in the Master's Bra lineup is a work from the western art world, Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night. Peach John often uses luxurious lace in its glamourous designs, but here the material is especially appropriate, as it's meant to evoke the original painting's undulating post-impressionist brushstrokes. Prices are identical regardless of design, with the bras being 4,500 yen (US$30) and bottoms, either short-style panties or thongs, 2,100 yen. For the first time, Peach John is also offering non-wire bra versions (3,800 yen)… …and, if you want to share the fashion even with people who aren't going to see you in your lingerie, there are long-sleeve pullover tops (3,800 yen) too. ▼ Though they are still rather sheer. The entire lineup is available now at Peach John physical locations and can also be ordered through the chain's online store (bras here, shorts here, thongs here, non-wire bras here, and tops here). Source: PR Times Top image: PR Times Insert images: PR Times, Wikipedia/File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske), Wikipedia/Calksmods ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
