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OFFERING him a new contract is the easy bit.
It could be harder for Celtic getting Daizen Maeda to sit still long enough to actually sign it.
The Japanese frontman showed yet again how he just doesn’t do waiting around.
The Hearts defence thought they had him and the rest of Brendan Rodgers’ side where they wanted them after a fairly impressive start to this Premiership clash.
But they took their eye off Maeda for a split second.
Then again. And again.
And before they knew it, they were 3-0 down with the game over as any sort of contest.
First, there was a super-cool finish past Craig Gordon after a brilliant through-ball from returning skipper Callum McGregor.
Then Maeda hit the post with a header with Jota pouncing on the rebound to double Celtic’s lead.
With the visitors rocking, the winger turned striker was soon sealing the victory with a tap-in from a Nicolas Kuhn assist before half-time.
It was just sensational stuff from the 27-year-old.
The Jambos actually played really well for the first 17 minutes it was 0-0.
But Neil Critchley cannot have been impressed with how his side capitulated to concede three quick-fire first-half goals and throw away any hope they had of stunning Celtic like Rangers did.
In the opposite dugout, Rodgers challenged his players to start brightly after the sluggish way they kicked off in the Old Firm defeat.
And as bizarre as it sounds, the Celtic boss didn’t get the reaction he was looking for.
Not immediately, anyway.
Hearts were the better team early on and started with real intent to get something from the game.
The Jambos pressurised Hoops stand-in keeper Viljami Sinisalo with everything they had and on another day could easily haver taken the lead.
But this was an example of his Celtic don’t need to be at their best when they have an on-his-toes attacker like Maeda on the top of his game.
It’s now 30 goals for the season for the forward who is a racing certainty to sweep the boards with all the Player of the Year awards in the next few weeks.
That’s a stat which shows why Celtic as a club are absolutely right to get him tied down on a new contract as soon as humanly possible.
There are certain to be big clubs in England and abroad sitting up and taking notice of his goalscoring prowess.
They wouldn’t be doing their jobs otherwise.
But Maeda looks like he’s in the happiest place of his career and if Celtic can get him secured on a new longterm contract then it’ll be shrewd business.
It’s going to mean a decent pay rise for the workaholic goalscorer but, as Rodgers says himself, he’s earned every penny off a salary hike with his goals and performances.
Celtic
Viljami Sinisalo 7
Alistair Johnston 7
Cameron Carter-Vickers 7
Maik Nawrocki 7
Jeffrey Schlupp 7
Callum McGregor 7
Reo Hatate 7
Arne Engels 7
Jota 7
Nicolas Kuhn 7
Daizen Maeda 9
Subs:
Paulo Bernardo 4 (McGregor 65)
Adam Idah 2 (Maeda 70)
Yang Hyunjun 2 (Kuhn 70)
James Forrest 1 (Jota 81)
Luke McCowan (Hatate 81)
Hearts
Craig Gordon 7
Adam Forrester 6
Michael Steinwender 6
Lewis Neilson 6
Harry Milne 6
James Penrice 6
Beni Baningime 6
Cammy Devlin 6
Lawrence Shankland 5
James Wilson 5
Elton Kabangu 6
Subs:
Calem Nieuwenhof 4 (Wilson 45)
Sander Kartum 2 (Baningime 70)
Blair Spittal 2 (Devlin 70)
Jorge Grant 2 (Shankland 70)
Alan Forrest 1 (Kabangu 86)
Put it this way, Celtic gambled by allowing Kyogo Furuhashi to leave the club in January for a move to Rennes in France, despite the hefty £10million transfer fee they received.
But Maeda has single-handedly proved that to be another smart decision.
Had he toiled as a striker – and valuable points were dropped – then the mood around Celtic right now would be entirely different.
As it is, Rodgers’ side are now just ticking off the games before being crowded champions yet again.
It’s been a foregone conclusion for months now with Rangers picking and choosing when they’re going to show up.
But Rodgers and his players are now potentially within just three more wins to seal their latest league title.
Hearts are still in the mix to finish best of the rest, but only just.
They’re sixth in the table and time is fast running out for Critchley to achieve the target that would have been set out at Tynecastle at the start of the season.
They were left wondering how they didn’t at least get a goal to show for their efforts here.
The second-half was a nothing more than a formality in many ways given Celtic’s commanding lead and superiority.
The Gorgie men certainly had more moments before the break when they troubled Finn Sinisalo.
It turned out to be a good day for Schmeichel’s deputy who has been waiting for his chance to make an appearance in the Premiership.
There were one or two anxious moments when he received a pass-back and hurriedly kicked the ball straight out of the park. But he could be forgiven for that.
Overall, Sinisalo’s handling was good and he can be happy with his afternoon’s work.
Rodgers was also able to get Paulo Bernardo onto the pitch after his seven-week injury absence with the Portuguese midfielder replacing McGregor after 65 minutes.
The Hoops skipper cruised through the game until then and looked like he has shrugged off his fitness issues following the international break.
There was also a late appearance from ever-green James Forrest off the bench as he battled back from a lay-off.
The only downside for the home fans was that there were no more goals to celebrate in the second-half.
They saluted Maeda, who left the pitch to a hero’s reception after 70 minutes, with the job done.
Chants of ‘we’ve won the league again, fly the flag,’ came before the end of the game.
And it’s now only a matter of time.
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AT the icy edge of the Arctic, a Cold War-era military outpost has once again been thrust into the spotlight — this time by Donald Trump’s right-hand man.
As part of his controversial visit, Vice President JD Vance touched down at the Pittufik Space Base in northwestern Greenland on Friday, one of the most remote and secretive US military installations on Earth.
Nicknamed “top of the world”, Pituffik isn’t just a harsh posting — it’s a frontline outpost of US missile defence and space surveillance.
It is locked in by sea ice for nine months a year, and is plunged into total darkness from November to February, only accessible by plane.
The nearest town, Qaanaaq, lies 75 miles to the northwest.
There are no roads, no nightclubs, and for three months a year, no sun.
Yet this frozen fortress continues to serve as America’s Arctic eyes and ears — a throwback to the Cold War that’s once again become a key player in a new era of great power rivalry.
Strategically perched just 947 miles south of the North Pole and 750 miles above the Arctic Circle, the isolated base plays a vital role in detecting ballistic missiles and tracking debris from decommissioned satellites.
It also boasts the northernmost deep-water port in the world.
Formerly known as Thule Air Base, Pituffik was renamed in 2023 to honour Greenlandic cultural heritage and reflect its new status as a key site for the US Space Force.
It is operated by the 821st Space Base Group and remains one of America’s most vital but least-known defence assets.
The base’s location – roughly 1,500km (932 miles) from Greenland’s capital, Nuuk – is no coincidence.
Built after a 1951 defence treaty with Denmark, it was designed as a Cold War-era Arctic shield.
The US has maintained a military presence here since World War Two, when Nazi-occupied Denmark left Greenland vulnerable and the Americans stepped in to build airfields, monitor weather, and hunt German U-boats.
Today, around 150 US Air Force and Space Force personnel are stationed at Pituffik, alongside Danish and Greenlandic staff — and the occasional polar bear.
Despite its extreme remoteness, the airfield remains operational year-round, serving as a crucial northern hub for the Pentagon and NATO.
“Why does Greenland matter?” Vice President JD Vance asked during a visit to the base on Friday.
“If a missile was fired by the enemy, it is the people here who will know about it first and will give us notice and tell us what is coming.”
Danish defence analyst Peter Ernstved Rasmussen told The New York Times how the post is “the outermost eye of American defence”.
He described it as “irreplaceable” as it is “where the US can detect a launch, calculate the trajectory and activate its missile defence systems.”
Vance’s controversial visit to Pituffik — part of a wider Trump-era push to assert US dominance in the Arctic — sparked political fallout in both Greenland and Denmark, as locals voiced fears of increased pressure from Washington.
Vance warned: “We know Russia and China and other nations are taking an interest in the region. We’ve seen very strong evidence.”
“So, we need to ensure that America is leading.
“What Denmark has failed to do is to secure the region as it was 30 or 40 years ago. It has failed to keep our troops and its own people safe.
“Our European allies have not kept up with the pace in military spending.”
Vance added: “Our message to Denmark is very simple: You have not been able to keep it up.
“People in Greenland have an incredible opportunity here. It is far better to come under the US security umbrella than the Danish security umbrella.”
Trump has sparked outrage after repeatedly claiming he wants to take control of Greenland calling it “very important for the peace of the world”.
“We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of ‘do you think we can do without it’ We can’t,” the President added.
He previously said he would “go as far as we have to go” to get control.
His repeated comments and refusal to deny plans to take it by force have seen its residents and politicians slam the administration and protest with signs saying their land is not for sale.
The trip originally planned by Second Lady Usha Vance which was touted as “a bit of fun” quickly became more clearly politically motivated when the Vice President joined and met with military officials.
The Americans were not invited by authorities in either Greenland or Denmark and the Vice President’s attendance was announced on Tuesday, a day after Usha revealed she would be visiting the island.
Vance said: “There was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday that I decided that I didn’t want her to have all that fun by herself, and so I’m gonna join her.”
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the initial plans for the US visit “unacceptable”.
Tensions ramped up since and continue to do so as long as they are there.
The VP and Second Lady Usha descended the steps from Air Force 2 wearing large camo-green jackets, waving to the cameras and those welcoming them.
Usha, who was due to attend Greenland’s Great Race of the North featuring 37 dog sled drivers, will no longer be going after protests at the couple’s arrival.
Race organisers have even publicly stated that the pair were not invited, despite claims by the Second Lady that she had been.
Meanwhile, the country’s new Prime Minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said the US is failing to show them the respect of an ally.
“The whole situation of coming to visit when there is no government in place, we insist, is not showing respect for an ally,” the Danish broadcaster DR reported the PM saying.
“It’s a shame, but now we have a government that needs to put on its work clothes”.
In a show of unity against Trump, four of Greenland’s five parties signed a coalition agreement ahead of the arrival of the Vances stating on page one: “Greenland belongs to us”.
Under the terms of a 1951 agreement, the US is entitled to visit its Pituffik base whenever it wants, as long as it notifies Greenland and Copenhagen.
