BREAKING: Leicester City have completed a deal to sign Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki for £7m from Mainz. #LCFC pic.twitter.com/r0vjRojVu3— BettingOdds (@BettingOddsUK) June 26, 2015 7 mln pound = ~10mln € Good luck! Will post contract info & official statement by the club once available
Full article: http://www.lcfc.com/news/article/shinji-okazaki-agrees-leicester-city-deal-2509148.aspx tweets: BREAKING: #lcfc have agreed a deal to sign striker @okazakiofficial from Mainz, subject to work permit #welcomeshinji pic.twitter.com/ebGroUAGkc— Leicester City (@LCFC) June 26, 2015 The 29-year-old joins on a four-year deal and will become #lcfc’s third signing of the summer. #welcomeshinji.— Leicester City (@LCFC) June 26, 2015 4 years! Okazaki: “I’m very happy to be here. To play in the @premierleague is a dream.” #welcomeshinji Okazaki: “Last season the crowd were amazing and the players responded. I hope to show everyone what I can do.” #welcomeshinji Okazaki: “I’m excited to find out what I can do in this league. I will try to make lots of goals for the supporters.” #welcomeshinji
Well, you have to consider that he has one year left in his contract and he is 29. I think the price is somewhat okay. I was very worried last year when the story about Leicester came up, however it looks to me like they're spending on quality players at the moment (this is their 3rd move). Then again, in football, you never know... could be another season of fighting for relegation :/
There's actually quite some competition in attack at Leicester. I don't know who will be sold if any, but he will likely need to perform well quickly. At least he can do the full pre season.
For Buli standards it's pretty much, for EPL standards it's very cheap. I didn't think Mainz needs money that much right now, it's easy to sell to EPL clubs during the Winter window as well if they wanted to cash in before Okazaki's contract runs out. As for Okazaki I hope it won't be a second Stuttgart. It's reassuring though that he appears to be seen as a striker, not a winger there. Hope we'll see him play regularly. Edit: According to tranfermarkt I guess Kramaric and Ulloa would be the biggest rivals. LCFC plays in 4-4-2 I assume?
Statement on Nigel Pearson being relieved of his duties as Leicester City's First Team Manager here http://t.co/R0LCuDe2qa #lcfc— Leicester City (@LCFC) June 30, 2015 well, I hope he wasn't the one who strongly wanted Okazaki...
I smell another disaster. Japanese players need to stay away from the league. They constantly screw Japanese players.
Has nothing to do with japanese or not.....small players like Hazard or Özil make it there....and let`s be serious Kagawas first season was very solid...not great but not worse....and he was injured very long...he made 6 goals + 6 asssits in 26 games is very okay for first season. Not as great like in Dortmund but good. The only reason why Shinji not succeed there was David Moyes ...and under him the hole team was a disaster. The media and fans and people talk Kagawas PL time much more worse then it was. Okazaki can clear succeed there cause he is strong and has muscles. His legs are maybe the biggest legs in the hole PL and he has no real competition in Leicester. They do try to buy him for 10 million (even in PL this is not less) for 2 seasons when the don`t cleary plan him for starter spot. I think Leicester is quite similar to Mainz in Germany . A mid table club who trust in him. Have a little more trust in Okazaki,he deserved it. My prediction is that he scored similar to Mainz, something arround 10+ goals.
One wonders why a player like Ki was just able to have a good season then. They're probably specialized on screwing japanese players specifically . All EPL coaches and players with that same goal. edit: hmm, apparently there might have been reasons :/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...r-City-month-staving-Premier-League-drop.html
I am very happy for him. He seems is great lad on and off time. I like his efforts in the games. A good pro to me. I wish him best luck in his new team . And, I believe he will success. Regards,
Leicester Manager fired. Okazaki will now fail over at Leicester and wont get playing time. Just like Kagawa when Ferguson left.
There have been plenty reasons and occasions, Pearson is known to be a difficult character. He was already fired back in February once but afterward everyone pretended nothing happened. To his credit he's the one who stabilized LCFC, two times actually. Him being fired is very likely linked to his son, though one has to wonder why he still got to plan the squad for next season and already bringing in players, only to get fired now of all times without any replacement prepared yet. I can only imagine Christian Fuchs being really ecstatic about having moved from one messed up club to the next. At least with Okazaki he got a colleague to marvel about their calm days back at Mainz.
Yeah, I guess we won't know, likely ever. That said, at least we're still in early july and the club is investing on good profiles (at least, on paper) so hopefully it shouldn't be another painful relegation battle for all the season.
don't think Okazaki signed to challenge the top of the PL, he just wants to play in the Premier League. He probably doubled his salary as well. So relegation struggle or not, I think he's ok with it.
Absolutely, I'm talking just from a fan perspective, merely as in: I'd like to see him in the Prem. and not in the Championship it's possible, but Yoshida is a squad rotation member
Neil Lennon is the early favorite for the job. Should be good hire & good for Okazaki. http://www.theguardian.com/football...rges-early-frontrunner-leicester-city-manager and of course, you have the BS links to the job. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/next-leicester-manager-guus-hiddink-5989565