Interesting! Will be cool to see Nagai alongside Johnsen. Johnsen is dominant in the air, while Nagai is an eminent dribbler. And Nishizawa back to Cerezo :O I didn't see that one coming, but I guess it will be nice to have some experience in the squad as well. Perhaps Kakitani and Shiratani can learn a few tricks from him.
Gamba's official site has finally confirmed the transfer of Park Dong-Hyuk from Ulsan Horang-i and has given final confirmation of Cho Jae-Jin's transfer. Can't wait to see all the new players in blue and black, Edit: Roni has officially joined Santos, http://mathaba.net/news/?x=614989 Also, Plymouth are locked in talks with Gamba and Ienaga's agent as they hope to sign him soon, http://www.sportbox.tv/football/news/story.php?id=276269
It is understood that Hidetoshi Nakata has been offered a lucrative contract in the UAE to come back out of retirement. sportsnavi article (japanese) some french site le'quipe (translated) the money involved and a lifestyle in Dubai could convince him to play club football again.
Hideya Okamoto (Gamba Osaka) joined Avispa Fukuoka on loan http://www.avispa.co.jp/release/news/topic0901.html#tag18
http://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/article.php?mid=P2009010800217&genre=L1&area=K00 Kyoto Sanga sign South Korea NT defender Lee Jung-Soo from K-League champions Suwon Samsung Bluewings.
http://www.sport-nippo.com/forza/soccer/albinews.php?k=1331 Alessandro, who scored 13 goals for Albirex Niigata last season leaves for Cruzeiro. http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/soccer/jleague/headlines/20090109-00000055-jij-spo.html Kashiwa Reysol sign Brazilian Alceu and Nigerian Adebayo. http://www.ardija.co.jp/cgi-bin/info/info.cgi?month=200901&num=6362 Omiya Ardija sign former Croatia international defender Mato Neretljak. http://www.vegalta.co.jp/contents/news/press_release/2009/01/post-125.html Vegalta Sendai sign former South Korea international defender Park Joo-Sung.
Bomberhead Nakazawa Will Unveil his Future in 3 or 4 days http://www.japanesesoccer.net/wordpress/?p=1028
Third after Maezono and Kaimoto. And there are rumors of Yutaka Tahara, who has recently been released by Kyoto, at a training camp with a K-League team.
Kashima have an exciting prospect joining this season. Yuya Osako, is the all-time top scorer for the National High School tournament. I watched him and he has the right stuff to become a top class striker. It's a shame that his team lost in the finals, they have really poor defense.
A return home to Osaka, maybe? There was talk a couple of months back amongst Gamba fans of this possibility.
http://www.albirex.co.jp/contents/news/contents.php?id=662 Brazilian striker Pedro Junior joins Albirex Niigata on loan from Omiya Ardija. http://www.ardija.co.jp/cgi-bin/info/info.cgi?month=200901&num=6371 Omiya Ardija signs South Korean midfileder Park Won-Jae from Pohang Steelers. He was capped 5 times for South Korea NT in 2008.
Kiyokazu Kudo and Yusuke Tanaka renewed their contracts at Avispa http://www.avispa.co.jp/release/news/topic0901.html#tag25
Takanori Nunobe retired and will become a coach at Avispa http://www.avispa.co.jp/release/news/topic0901.html#tag28 how great is that follow the ruts of Akita and Morioka
Nakazawa stays with F. Marinos http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sj20090115a1.html Tsuneyasu Miyamoto to Vissel Kobe http://www.vissel-kobe.co.jp/whatsnew/wn_2995.html
It won't feel right seeing Tsune in the kit of another J.League team but oh well, good luck to him! I'm sure he'll get a great welcome when he returns to Banpaku.
http://www.avispa.co.jp/release/news/topic0901.html#tag31 Former Japan international Makoto Tanaka joins Avispa Fukuoka. http://www.so-net.ne.jp/antlers/news/detail/20090116_12_1811.html Kashima Antlers midfielder Masaki Chugo joins JEF United Chiba on loan. http://www.oita-trinita.co.jp/information.php?_mode=detail&id=2859 Yasuhito Morishima has completed a permanent move to Oita Trinita from Cerezo Osaka.