Celtic's Daizen Maeda wins SFWA award but in no rush for new deal
Maeda scooped the SFWA honour after an outstanding campaign in which he has already scored 33 goals including four in the Champions League and three in Old Firm games.
He is top of the Premiership list for assists, too, with ten for the season. Maeda has stepped up in terms of goalscoring since his fellow Japanese international, Kyogo Furuhashi, left for Rennes in February.
Although he still has two years left on his existing deal, Celtic are eager to extend the 27-year-old's contract. Maeda sounded in no rush to do that, though,
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