2014/16 Yoichiro Kakitani @ FC Basel 1893 (SUI)

Good first europe move.....i think.

 

June 2018. Means a lot.

 

This has to be the capper on idiotic pointless European transfers. Nihon no sakka wa mo dame. I'm done. I'm just done. They have ********ed things up on a psychological and sociological level so deeply that there is no coming back. Japanese soccer as a meaningful independent entity has ceased to exist. There are countries that have joke national leagues (eg, the Netherlands), and countries that have joke national teams (eg, England), but Japan is the only major country where they are both jokes, and not only that, jokes that are becoming more ludicrous and less funny with every passing year. The JFA is run by idiots, the J-League is run by idiots, the players are idiots, and the fans are idiots. I've decided to just forget the last decade and remember Japanese soccer in its golden years at the turn of the millennium. I'm going to bust out my old match tapes and live in the past, when there was vision and hope and enthusiasm and honor. Farewell BigSoccer Japan forum. You won't miss me and I won't miss you.

 

lol

 

So, until then he will be able to play for Cerezo? They have a game in the Emperors Cup.

 

ah, the game postponed due to the AFC CL.

 

Dax giving away infos on the mods' secret base location

 

I'd prefer Viola because in that way I could keep track of him and watch him play every week.
FCB's better for his development though.

 

i don't get why some of you are complaining considering he'll play Champions League each season. he is young enough to continue his development, adapt to European culture & football for 2 or 3 season before he moves on to one of the big leagues.

edit: at the same time, i'm disappointed of losing talented crop of youngsters each season without Cerezo winning a title

 

Swiss league ain't that good, if he remains stucked in it, don't know how will he feel. I would prefer if he went along with Yamaguchi to Serie A, they can help each other adapt.

 

Champions League will probably end in December for Basel. It's an ok move, nothing to get absolutely excited about.

 

I don't think it really matter where him play. He already in Europe and champions league. As long as he perform well he will get offer from bigger club. Basel is known for developing great player and send them off to big club (shaqiri and salah).

But I really wished he move to seria a or bundesliga. It's hard to watch him play in Swiss league.

 

But they can play in EL. And why not UCL next year? They are a experienced and they can go in the elimination round. Sure, they need a bit of luck at the draws.

 

Out of all the teams he chooses Basel?

 

So what's the problem now?
I don't understand you Kaka, what do you mean? Basel is not enough? Japanese player need to point bigger club? Or on the contrary they must stay in JLeague?

 

Hello guys im from Basel Switzerland

i think that was a good step for kakitani's career if he does well he can still go to a bigger Team in Europe
but i guess he needs time to adapt to european Football too and usually at big Teams you don't have that time
a couple of bad games and you will be on the bench for a good while

i don't know what you guys know about my local Team so i thought i 'd give you some facts and figures

FC Basel is currently at nr. 17 of the UEFA Club ranking
http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/uefarankings/club/index.html

we've Won the swiss league 5 times in a row
we've Played Champions League Group stage for the past 2 years
and Europe League we have gone through to semi and quarter finals

we've got at present 12 National squad player's (including Kakitani)
6 of them went to World Cup

on a average we have 26'000 spectators on home games (swiss leauge)

usually the good Player staying 2 years and then move on that means we've to have a very good scouting since we lose about 4-5 of our best Players every year so far 2014 year only

Goal Keeper : Yan Sommer --> Gladbach
Left Winger : Valentin Stocker --> Hertha Berlin
Defender : Kay Voser ---> Fullham
Right Winger:M.Salah ----> Chelsea Fc

Marcelo Diaz preformed very well at the World Cup for Chile so he's on the Radar of Inter Mailand

I hope Kakitani's another rising star

Kind regards

 

I said will, I'm challenging my insane foreseeing skills once again. I hope he he locks a starting position for the whole season, which is not going to be easy since his ideal position on the pitch is still to be uncovered for me.

 

I am looking forward to see what happens here. It's up to Yoichiro. He is no star here and line up wont be a given. He ll have to fight his way into the starting 11 and I am counting on him to do just that

btw

http://www.footyheadlines.com/2014/02/fc-basel-14-15-kits-jerseys.html

 

After thinking about it I think Basel was his best option. He can establish himself in a relatively weak Swiss League for future moves while being able to play against high caliber teams in the CL and EL. With Werder Bremen he would have played good teams on every day basis but would not get the experience of playing in the CL.