Deal is done. 3 year contract. http://www.mainz05.de/mainz05/aktuell/news/news-detail/article/shinji-okazaki-kommt-vom-vfb.html
I was joking: from Italy I can't see the image and there's an horrible "error image" instead - as that's a banned betting site
Great news as far as I am concerned. I think the lad will get playing time and the system will suit him way more then the Stuttgart one. And that is a good news for JNT as well, since most importantly he needs playing time before WC 2014
Well, I think they brought in Okazaki to replace Szalai, who's been getting lots of interest from clubs such as Stuttgart, having scored 13 goals last season.
Szalai is bound to Schalke. Fortunately Tuchel is a good coach and he doesn't see Okazaki as a one-top goal machine (how could he?). I assume he sees him as either a second striker or as left attacking midfielder (opposed to Nicolai Müller on the right). What is more important though is that their system is based on a functioning team spirit and there are no insane expectations like in Stuttgart, except people want to see them play attractive football.
seriously? He was insanely fast there, I really don't know what else he could have done. Sure we'd all love to shoot in the 7 every time, but he's not Van Persie
Okazaki looking to be determined to score against his old team. Go Shinji kick them out, and show them what kind of player they failed to utilize.