Two Celtic stars dine at Glasgow restaurant amid departure rumours

Two Celtic stars have been spotted at a well-known Glasgow restaurant ahead of the new season. 

Reo Hatate and Kobayashi Yuki have been pictured dining at Ramen Dayo – which has venues on Argyle Street in Finnieston and Ashton Lane in the West End.

The pair posed for a smiley snap at the eatery – which specialises in Japanese food.

Revealing their visit on social media, the restaurant said: “Thanks for coming to Ramen Dayo today Reo Hatate and Kobayashi Yuki.”

Reo, 26, has played with the Glasgow side since 2022, meanwhile, Kobayashi, 24, has played with the Hoops since 2023.

Celtic are set to play their first game of the new season against Kilmarnock at Parkhead on Sunday, August 4.

After that, the side will take on Hibernian on Sunday, August 11, at Easter Road in Edinburgh.

It comes after we reported Reo is said to be a transfer target for Leicester City.

A luxury hotel tycoon has warned that the SNP’s tourist tax in Scotland will drive visitors to head to England instead as he urged councils to boycott it.

Sir Rocco Forte said the “pernicious” visitor levy would make holiday accommodation in Scotland up to 10 per cent more expensive.

The businessman, whose Rocco Forte group of hotels includes the Balmoral in Edinburgh and Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair, London, said Scotland was “already not a cheap destination”.

He warned an additional tax would only deter “cost-conscious visitors” whom he predicted would “increasingly choose to go elsewhere”.

He said his company had calculated that a seven per cent levy in Edinburgh would mean the Balmoral being hit with a £1.3 million tax every year, which he predicted would be the highest amount of any Scottish hotel.

Sir Rocco said that foreign tourists would choose to spend more time in England, hitting the revenues of attractions, restaurants, retailers and taxi drivers in Scotland.

Writing in The Scotsman, Sir Rocco said he was supporting calls by the Scottish Bed & Breakfast Association for local authorities to boycott the levy.

Would have generated £600,000

But Cammy Day, the Labour leader of Edinburgh city council, said the levy would have generated £600,000 if it had been in place for Taylor Swift’s three recent concerts in the city.