Official 2013-2014 J. League Transfers and Rumors thread

Good to see Senoh back! Always liked him!

 

thanks for the update Kodemari. Appreciate it as always

 

Sad to see Kaio leave Yokohama FC for Al Wasl in UAE. Ever since he played for Cerezo he's been a favorite of mine, and he was probably the striker that worked the best together with Inui and Kagawa back in those days. Injuries ruined large parts of his stay at Yokohama however, but its still a significant loss for them imho. Guess Kazu will see even more playing-time now!

 

haha

 

Tadanari Lee leaving FCT tomorrow as his loan period expires,it's now official.

 

how fast time has passed. maybe his loan will be extended. but i dont think.

 

http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/release/36339

For the third year in a row, Kashima Antlers sign arguably the top high schooler in Japan. This time its Taro Sugimoto who was the MVP at the AFC U-16 Championships.

 

New Osako?

 

Leandro and Ienaga leaves Gamba. Adi Rocha brought in to replace Leandro.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adi_Rocha

 

Adi's goal record in Romania looks very interesting.
Let's see...
And Usami will come back in place of Ienaga.

 

I'd rather ask myself what's the reason why he had so little playing time there considering this record.

 

Perhaps injuries? He started several games in the EL atleast, but Soccerway have him with only 11 starts and 14 times on the bench. Main reason might be that Steaua usually plays 4-3-3, and with Rusescu in the squad ( who just moved to Sevilla for 2,5 mill Euro and scored 21 goals in 25 starts last season) Adi was mostly the 2nd choice in the central FW role. Except when they played 4-4-2 like against Molde at home in EL, when both started.

 

you can't expect to get a platinum player to battle in J2 anyway, he's kind of a stop gap because Leandro left.

 

No, Rocha wasn't injured...and in El he scored this goals againt very poor teams like Ekranas from Lithuania and Spartak Trnava from Slovenia...Rocha wasn't even the second option...maybe 3 or 4....at the training he was weak and because of that he put some kg on him..you wiil see how full it is :d

http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/cum...-nu-e-gras-avea-haine-multe-pe-el-383299.html

Use Google translate.

And steaua rarely played 4-3-3 in this season...4-2-3-1 was the basic formation...with Rusescu(another overrated player....a penalty top-scorer) CF, because the others strikers(inclunding Rocha) were weak.

 

Thanks.

I saw most of Steaua's games in the group-stage actually, but the only one who made an impression was Tanase=) I just figured 4-3-3 was their main formation since Soccerway had it, but I guess either way they only played with one CF, yeah.

Seems he had a better goalscoring-rate than the other strikers though! And when u mention it, he looked kinda fat in a recent pic I saw

 

He had, but he scored only(except a goal vs Astra, the Seto's team ) against small teams like Piatra Neamt, CSMS Iasi, Chiajna, Viitorul Constanta, teams from the bottom half.

Anyway, was known since the winter that will he leave the team in this summer...that's why neither has been used.



Big wasted oportunity by Rocha(09:05)...but the goalie had a good save...anyway he scored slightly later....do not let influenced by the scor(2-5 for Viitorul) that was a fixed match...steaua helps Viitorul to escape from relegation zone...good relationships between the owner of steaua and of viitorul...the owner of viitorul is the big romanian football, Gheorge Hagi...an excellent player, but his character is miserable.

 

Sadly Romania is not the only country where these things happen. Even big leagues like Spain ( check the results from the last round in Segunda or look at Getafe and Rayo Vallecano in Primera) and Italy ( how could Palermo suddenly beat Inter, Sampdoria and Roma at the end of the season? Luckily they still got relegated, but something was very odd about all those 3 games). It's naive to think it doesnt happen elsewhere as well, even in more respectable leagues like Premier League or for that matter J.League. And by match-fixing in this sense, I'm not only referring to corrupt players/referees. It can just as well be a powerful chairman telling his coach/players to take it easy since they are playing against the team whose chairman is a "friend", like Radu points out with Hagi.

 

In this moment, the owner of steaua is in prison due to a case of corruption in football. 3 years should spend in the prison... he tried to provide a suitcase with money (1.7 milions euros) to the players of Universitatea Cluj to defeat CFR Cluj..., the team they were fighting for the title...but was caught the authorities and never got to give that money. UEFA was noticed and may exclude steaua from UCL play-offs in this season, a decision will be taken at 24 of June.

In this season this event has occurred.

http://int.soccerway.com/national/romania/liga-i/2007-2008/regular-season/r5154/

 

I guess this will sound strange - and it is - but I've heard the German third division club Preußen are interested in signing Shonan Bellmare's Daisuke Kikuchi. What can you tell me about this player? I'd appreciate any information as I have a friend who supports Preußen and she was curious to know about what Kikuchi could potentially bring to the team.

 

Good dribbling,tecnique,creativity...last year in Shonan he was one of the vital players in their promotion run,while this year in the top category he suffered a little,but still he's a regular fixture and a reliable player. He's a lively offensive midfielder,right footed (i think actually started as a right winger,but with Shonan played his best as trequartista) with potential and good prospects since he's just 22. Sincerely,he has the potential to be a crack signing for 3.Liga...but,with all due respect to Preußen Munster,I hope he choose to stay in J1.

 

He is good enough for 3rd league in Germany I as well wish he will stay.

 

Don't really get this partnership (they want their players to get experience abroad or something?)