LIMITLESS WINNERS

Celtic's buy-cheap-and-sell-high transfer policy shows the board are diligent and precise in everything they do and selling Kyogo for a massive profit may be unpalatable to some fans but it continues the strategy of maximising the club's returns on the pitch as much as off it

- KEITH JACKSON

WHEN emotions are running high there's always a danger that good old logic gets trampled underneath.

And right now - following in the fug of the unprocessable drama from a landmark Champions League night in Glasgow's east end on Wednesday - there may be a temptation to rush into snap conclusions.

Perhaps even to resort to the old default position of railing against the decision-makers in the VIP seats - and accusing them of prioritising numbers on the balance sheet over the contents of the trophy cabinet.

They should know better by now, of course. But, in the fuzzy headed heat of the moment, some things will never change.

So amidst the marvellous chaos in the immediate aftermath of that euphoric late win over Young Boys, they were suddenly forced to grapple with the prospect that it may quickly turn out to be some kind of pyrrhic victory. The ultimate unwanted downer.

Three more points and a place secured in the knockout rounds of the only show Brendan Rodgers wanted to bring to town.

But as a result of reaching this milestone with one game still to spare, Celtic have also unlocked a scenario very few of these fans could realistically have envisaged.

Within minutes of the final blast of the referee's whistle and the joyous bedlam that accompanied it, news was emerging from across the channel of a £10million bid for talismanic striker Kyogo Furuhashi. A January deal struck in secret with Rennes that could be expedited the moment Rodgers had negotiated his side's path into the play-offs.

And the stomach-churning realisation this little magician from the Far East may have pulled on a hooped shirt for the very last time, long before they were good and ready to say their sayonaras.

Of course, the finer details of this reported agreement are still to be confirmed and are expected to crystallise over the coming days.