Newly promoted Premier League side Ipswich sign Daizen Maeda from Celtic

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/maeda-daizen/6kfQTp18/"]Maeda[/a], who was part of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ULXPdOUj/"]Japan[/a]'s squad ‌at the recently concluded World ‌Cup in North America, becomes [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ipswich/thqhB2MB/"]Ipswich[/a]'s first ‌Japanese player. British media reported that ‌the fee was about 10 million pounds.[/p][p][b]"I have always dreamed of playing ‌in the Premier League, and ⁠I am very ‌happy I can realise that dream with ​this club. I have loved all of the conversations with the ​club, and they have made me feel very welcome," [/b]Maeda said in ⁠a statement.[/p][p][b]"My ​aim will always be to battle hard, score goals, and provide assists for my team - I will always run ‌and give everything that I have."[/b][/p][embed guid="6a6af9ac-e08b-4c7c-bc80-9a7782bd879d" url="https://x.com/IpswichTown/status/2080971421174436031" social-type="twitter" /][p]The 28-year-old has scored five goals in 30 appearances for Japan, including in a 1-1 draw with Sweden in the World Cup group stage last month.[/p][p]Maeda scored 79 goals in 212 appearances for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/celtic/QFKRRD8M/"]Celtic[/a], helping the Scottish champions ‌to win five league titles and ​five domestic cups.[/p][p]He joins Gary O'Neil's ‌side ahead of the 2026/27 Premier League season as Ipswich's fifth signing of the close season. Ipswich begin their campaign [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ipswich-thqhB2MB/sunderland-WSzc94ws/?mid=Cxf9qTRk"]against Sunderland on ⁠August 22nd[/a].[/p][image alt="Maeda's recent player ratings" id="84eb9760-20da-4bd6-a861-4a1081d1b261" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="3e357a1c-587c-466c-b89a-c13f5648ff09" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/transfer-news-live-tracker-updates/8QqUWm3n/"]Follow all the latest transfer news here.[/a][/b][/p]