Official 2019 J. League Transfers and Rumors

Mickey Mouse Tournament?

Wait a minute, are you Chris Sutton in disguise?

“The Socceroos should shove their XXXX where the sun doesn’t shine… it’s Mickey Mouse football!”

UNBELIEVABLE comments by Chris Sutton on the ongoing FFA v Celtic Tom Rogic situation.#ChrisSutton #GoSocceroos #CELRAN #Rogic #OptusSport pic.twitter.com/U6SLK8xY8p

— Optus Sport (@OptusSport) December 23, 2018

 

https://www.record.pt/futebol/futeb...jima?ref=Fora de Campo_2BlocoAreasemDestaques

https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/c5w8gr/shoya_nakajima_has_agreement_to_join_fc_porto_on/

 

Thank goodness.

What a moron seriously.....Al Duhail..and then have the nerve to say he's surprised there aren't any attendance and the quality of league isn't that strong.

 

He already earned a wealth in this period in Qatar.

 

Maybe he was excited to play with Almoez Ali LOL

 

Now this is a new low and makes zero sense:

https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190630-00000003-spnannex-socc

Amano reportedly received an offer from Belgian second division side Lokeren.

 

The European dream.

 

Too much. He could easily play in 1st division.

 

https://www.sporting.be/1/1071/japans-international-jun-amano-op-weg-naar-daknam/

Pretty much official.

He’s pretty old to be going to Europe. He probably is fulfilling a dream of playing in Europe. I would be very surprised if he didn’t come back to Japan next season.

 

I can’t imagine how this dream will be fulfilled by playing in Belgium’s second division.

As I said, it is a new low for Japanese footballers in Europe.

Please, don’t post a thread for him in the Japanese Abroad section.

 

Amano isn't that good anyway.

 

He is not so bad to play in Belgium’s second division.

Even a player like Toyokawa managed to play in Belgium’s first division and scored some goals.

 

Very often well-established player at J League fail in europe, while a fringe squad player overachieving. In Japan, players who got good technique are highly rated. While in Europe, technique and spirit are also important, but without tactical awareness, spatial awareness, they means nothing. Hope i'm wrong, Amano is a key player under Postecoglou who's played a positional play well, but so far, i think he's the type who will struggle to play at european league.

 

Going to Europe or fitting in Europe is not the point here.

The point is the level of the competition, which is much weaker than the J1, even I think it is weaker than J2, which make zero sense for an established J1 player to go there.
If he is a young prospect, as it was the case with Ibusuki who played in the same league years ago, it might make sense.

Moving to second tier (division) clubs in Europe is only rational when we speak about the top 5 countries: England, Spain, Germany, and Italy.
You can say the same about moving to a top division club in a minor European league such as Poland, Hungary, and Romania, it makes no sense too, unless the player was a J2 player who can’t make it to the J1 level, as it was the case with Akahoshi and similar players.

 

I'm talking about Yuta Toyokawa's case there.
Agree that 2nd division Belgian League certainly weaker than J1. Heck, even Kanazaki nailed it in the Portuguese 2nd division.
What i've argued, though, are:

1. Why Toyokawa, a fringe squad player at Kashima, exceed our expectation at Eupen, Nakajima, a fringe squad player at Tokyo, has taken Liga NOS by storm, you can argue that J1 is a better league than Jupiler League, but J1 is certainly not better than Lia NOS.
2. Amano is too good to play at Belgian 2nd division, okay, but doesn't mean that he will easily fit at Jupiler league just because Toyokawa manage to exceed our expectation.

 

I disagree. Moving to other countries, even to play in weaker leagues than J League, will help japanese players to develop, because they will learn literally new ways of learning things, as well as new kinds of football playstyles, and after that kind of experience, they can return to Japan stronger and with a more open mind towards football. This can lead in the future to these players becoming better managers or club directors, which is essential for japanese football development.

 

Yep, just ask Honda Keisuke about that.

 

What Amano will learn from playing at Belgian second division in the age of 28?

 

If you are speaking about Honda at VVV Venlo, it was a total different situation, he was 21 when he joined the club, and the club was playing in the top division. The club was relegated and he sticked with them when he was 22 to gain experience and to guide them back to the top division, and this eventually happened.

Amano is 28, he will be 29 after the end of next season, which means he isn’t young as it was the case with Honda. While playing with a team with no guarantee to return to the top division in a league weaker than the Dutch league.

This is totally a different situation, it is like day and night.

 

Ah, my bad, i forget about his half-season at Eredivisie 2007-08. Regarding Amano's age, you've got the point though. But, Kanazaki isn't that young when he make a decision to play at Portuguese 2nd division right? And it improves him as a player. Of course every player is different, but, i'm not ruling out the positive impact of playing at different culture. Even Pep Guardiola learned a lot from his stint at Liga MX.

 

Read again my post.

 

Yokohama FC interested in Shunsuke Nakamura.