http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/.../artikel_bei-hiroki-sakai-gehts-ums-geld.html Sakai to Hannover almost done
So many clubs after him, though Kashima already have young prospects in Yamamura and Shoji. Also recently read he used to be taekwondo champion a few years back, a trivia fact.
http://www.sanspo.com/soccer/news/20120505/bun12050505040002-n1.html Stuttgart joining race for Hiroki Sakai.
Just joking... Let's see what happens though. I don't think that two Japanese already at the club is a better argument than the efforts H96 put in, not to speak of the offer they already seem to have placed.
http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/world/news/20120504-OHT1T00215.htm According to this article they've already made an offer for him.
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2012/05/06/kiji/K20120506003190640.html Hannover offering a 4 year contract to Sakai.
http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/world/news/p-sc-tp3-20120507-946727.html Kiyotake's last game for Cerezo will be June 30th after that he'll go to Nurnburg for a medical and sign a contract.
http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/p-sc-tp1-20120508-947260.html Kiyotake to Nurnburg is pretty much done.
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/soccer/news/2012/05/10/kiji/K20120510003218010.html Sakai to Hannover should be formally announced sometime this week.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20120512-00000748-yom-socc Sakai to Hannover is done according to Yomiuri.
Looks like Sakai's last game will be at Kokuritsu, reminds me of Otsu's ceremony there last year. I'll miss watching him (and Kiyotake) in the J League, Bundesliga streams here never seem to get any better.
http://www.cerezo.co.jp/news_detail.asp?c_idx=10007753&contents_code=100100100 Official: Kiyotake to Nürnberg.
http://www.cerezo.co.jp/news_detail.asp?c_idx=10007753&contents_code=100100100 Kiyotake to Nurnburg is official
http://www.cerezo.co.jp/news_detail.asp?c_idx=10007753&contents_code=100100100 Cerezo makes Kiyotake to Nurnburg official.