Reo Hatate fired up for Celtic's mega week as Rodgers spots sign he's ready to work harder than EVER
Brendan Rodgers reckons Celtic will have a full-fired up Reo Hatate following the midfielder’s Japan snub. The Hoops ace travelled the globe to report for national duty but didn’t get a minute of game time in the World Cup qualifying thrashings of China and Bahrain.
Daizen Maeda scored from the bench in the first game but was left out of the second while Kyogo didn’t even get a nod for the squad.
Rodgers has sympathy for Hatate at being left cooling his heels – but he insisted the midfield powerhouse will be motivated to star for Celts and barge his way into Hajime Moriyasu's side.
He said: “I felt a wee bit for him. I'd seen in the first game that he wasn't involved and obviously, Daizen played and scored, which was great. “But then he wasn't involved in the second game.