2014/16 Hiroshi Kiyotake @ Hannover 96 (GER)

I think it could play as CM in Sevilla.

 

Will miss him in Buli, wish him better luck with Sevilla than he had with Nuremberg and Hannover.

 

Finally a Japanese player in UCL (Okazaki too, I know!)

 

Three if you count Kagawa?

 

Potentially 4 if you count Yuya Kubo

Potentially 5 if you count Takayuki Seto

 

Exactly what I feared

 

If Kiyotake is planning to move to a top team he'll surely find some competition and there will be no guarantee he'll be a starter, so it will not be the same case as it was in Nurenburg and Hannover.

He needs such a move to be a more mature player, and he will only become stronger by the challenges he is expected to face, if he just want to take a starting spot for granted then he better move to a team in the lower half of the table or a mid-table team, and I don't think Kiyotake is thinking of the latter option.

So no need to scare if his new team sign a player in his position.

 

The only really concerning thing is that Sevilla are on the verge of losing their coach and sporting director. Who wants Kiyo ?

 

CM like Rakitic?

 

#H96-Mittelfeldspieler Hiroshi #Kiyotake steht vor einem Wechsel zum @SevillaFC. https://t.co/5vfPo1NPW3

— Hannover 96 (@Hannover96) June 10, 2016