Reo Hatate has insisted he’s happy at Celtic and relishing the chance to have a proper crack at the Champions League next season.
The Hoops midfielder, nominated for the PFA Scotland Player of the Year award, has been linked with a move to Brighton and having missed out on Celtic’s aftermatch title celebrations on Sunday, online rumours about joining his mate Kaoru Mitoma at The Amex grew arms and legs. But Hatate is adamant he won’t be heading south and asked about the social media frenzy that followed his omission from the title party photographs at Celtic Park on Sunday night, he said: “Well, they can leave me alone, maybe? It’s not a big deal.
“People are reading too much into it. I had my personal things so I had to be away from the team. But that’s all, nothing else. I wasn’t at the Brighton game – I watched it on the television in my house. The main thing is that I play for Celtic. This is where I am and I am focusing on the rest of the games.”
