That's not the point. Also Usami is free,he's already under contract for Gamba and was out on loan. They both can't be registered until 19/7 when the registration window open.
Without a doubt. Just warning out people who thought we could win this without breaking a sweat. Truth is that in Chiba we had some bad luck in the first half,but then we were carved open too easily and outrunned,vs. a team in great form and that has the potential to pull out big results. Today, the same as in Kitakyushu to be fair, we suffered a lot against a team running 2x than us,but still at 20th place.
IF they have ambitions to compete for silverware in J1 next year they arguably need better foreigners than them, so its logical I guess!
Quiz time! Name three guys in this photo who went on to national fame and fortune... Little hint: one of the them could be Gamba new GK next year (hope so...)
Well I can atleast see Akihiro Ienaga ( far right, middle row), and Keisuke Honda ( backrow, nr.2 from the right). About the GK, not sure, but it has to be one of the guys on the left on the back row. Is it Atsushi Kimura? Can't think of any other goalkeepers coming through Gamba's ranks?
Higashiguchi He was cut from because he was too small (167 cm). That's how you make great deals and get stucked with the funniest GK in entire Japan. Pjdawa, you have entire photo in higher resolution? Yasuda should be there as well (he was MF at the time while Honda was playing as DF)!