Ah, fk, sorry, so baka. How embarrassment. That's what you get for replying on an online translator and not checking the original article, in which it's clear to read (even for my dodgy Japanese!).
Sagan Tosu have to keep Toyoda if they want to be competitive in J1. That guy alone scored a third of their goals this season.
Shame that Havenaar is going to Wolfsburg for free.....another one gone. Though I'm keen to see how he goes. And with Hasebe at least he has a guy there who knows what it means to win your place in the team.
It's not like it's a done deal. It's reported Havenaar will visit Wolfsburg but not that he declined talking to somebody else.
I don't mind the team, I had thought he was going to be like Kagawa or Okazaki and just leave without a fee. But apparently his contract is up anyway at new years eve.
If one-year-contracts are the norm, this will continue to happen. But to be fair, Magath is the only manager who paid some considerable fees for players from Japan (for Uchida, Okubo at least, I dunno about Hasebe).
If he does go to Wolfsburg and shows the same work ethic/dedication as Hasebe, I'm sure he will become a favourite of Magath.
First thing which Magath will ask him with Hasebe as translator should be like "Can you play as RB?" or something similar to that.
Kenta Uchida, of Furtho's bad hair thread on WSC IIRC, has transferred to Ehime. He has been on loan there for the last two years from Sanfrecce. He was promoted from Sanfrecce Youth but hasn't played for the senior team. http://www.sanfrecce.co.jp/news/release/?n=4923
http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/p-sc-tp1-20111209-874420.html Urawa started serious talks with Nishino. The gift would be Hirai?
Seems to be something intimated along those lines here: http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/p-sc-tp1-20111209-874420.html
Fumiya Hayakawa (Albirex Niigata) to go into Tsukuba University next season. http://http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20111209-00000088-spnannex-socc Also two new Koreans (Sorry! I can't read their names in kanji) signed by Sanfrecce Hiroshima. http://http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/soccer/jleague/headlines/20111209-00000017-kyodo_sp-spo.html
Ikemoto (n°11 of Giravanz) and Saito (n°27 of Ehime) are going back to Kashiwa and Yokohama. I've read it somewhere, but i can't find the source anymore.
http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/jleague/news/20111209-OHT1T00031.htm Popo to Urawa to help Marcio regain his condition from last season... ...Urawa's management never ceases to amaze me. He said that he's not moving anywhere until summer.
I think next year could finally be the year Tokyo ends their winless streak vs. them but I don't know how much joy I'll be able to take from it. But seriously, we went through the same thing with Hirayama. First it was bringing in Hokuto to help him regain his form, now the same rumors with Watanabe, no? Clubs need to learn that there's a difference between adjusting a lineup to help a good player play better, and bringing in reinforcements in the hope that a bad/underperforming player will recover.
Seems like this description fits Hirayama. What they should have done is shipping him to another club, a change of scenery would have done him good.
He also wants Endo, Juninho and Rafael (though it's settled that he stays in Omiya for the next season) according to earlier reports.