Official 2015 J. League Transfers and Rumors thread

Sapporo wants to go back in J-League and they are close to sign with two good players, Nildo from Verdy and Nazarit from Gifu.

Seems Ienaga will play in J-2, even if he leaves Omiya because Cerezo wants him. Vissel also has an interest.

 

Thanks for the update Radu

I thought Nazarit could move to the J1 club.


@Marcio,Urawa;

What will be his next destination? return to the Albirex? or sign to Kashiwa,Kobe etc?


PS:


I wish a good and spot on transfer season for the entire clubs of the Japan Footbal Leagues.


Regards,

 

Kashiwa I don't think, also Kobe. Maybe in J2 or to Montedio to make pair with Diego Souza. Or back in Brazil.

 

If J2,. What team can effort his salary in J2 ? Cerezo ?, Jubilo ?

If he can't get any offer in Japan, I predict the next destination is Middle East or India League.

Regards,

 

Yeah, Arabia could be a solution. India I don't think because the season starts in September.

 

-Kodemari here with the usual newsflash.

09/12/2014

Loans
- Yusuke Mori (34) goes back to Tokyo Verdy after a 5-months spell at FC Gifu. Mori has had a respectable career and has spent several seasons in J1 with Frontale. He was a regular at Verdy until last season but didn't play much during the first half of this year. He managed few starts during his stint at Gifu as well.

Released players
- Urawa Red Diamonds released their #10, Brazilian Marcio Richardes (33). After stints in the Brazilian Serie A with Criciuma and Sao Caetano, Richardes came to Japan in 2007 to play for Albirex Niigata, where he made a name for himself... before taking the much-travelled Niigata-Saitama path in 2011, to join the Reds. After a rather disappointing debut season, things got better although he isn't exactly the kind of player that I would call "stellar".
- Vissel Kobe also terminated contracts with two players- first off is Hideo Hashimoto (35), a long-time Gamba Osaka midfielder who left for their western neighbours in 2012. Hashimoto has been a regular starter for Vissel all season long. Kobe also released Hiroto Mogi (34), who spent the last nine seasons with the Crimson Tide. A leftback, Mogi only started an handful of games this season.
- Former FC Tokyo wonderkid Kentaro Shigematsu (23) was released by Tochigi SC. Shigematsu, a former U18 NT forward, spent only one season in Tochigi, his first one after leaving his Tokyo "nest", working mostly as a second-time sub.

 

Mogi was born in 1984, so he is 30.

its nice to see Vissel clearing some of the old woods in their disposal.

 

10/12/2014

- J's Goal marks as official Cristian Nazarit (24)'s move from FC Gifu to Consadole Sapporo. A former player for Colombia's youth national teams, Nazarit came to Japan last year and was undoubtedly one of the highlights of this J2 edition, getting to 4th place in the goalscorers chart with 17 goals. He has previously had MLS experience with Chicago Fire.

Released players
- Omiya Ardija released their starting GK Takashi Kitano (32), who has been their #1 choice since he joined the squirrels from Albirex in 2010. He was out with injury for a good chunk of last season.

 

Update

- Vissel Kobe promoted DF Shinji Yamaguchi (18) to the first squad. His teammate Rei Yonezawa (MF, 18) is instead turning pro with Cerezo Osaka, along with several other youngsters who were promoted today from Cerezo's famed youth ranks: they are MF Masaki Okino (18), MF Masaki Sakamoto (18), MF Masataka Nishimoto (18), DFHayato Nukui (18), and MF Taiga Maekawa (18). Cerezo also signed Jurato Ikeda (DF, 18) from Mitsubishi Yowa.

 

11/12/2014

- Matsumoto Yamaga snatched away one of Giravanz Kitakyushu's most iconic players- forward Tomoki Ikemoto (29), who scored 15 goals in the past season. Ikemoto's career has been quite unique- after high school he left the country for Argentinian giants River Plate, where he didn't really impress. So he took quite the step down joining his home team, New Wave Kitakyushu, in 2005- when they were still in the Kyu League. But in 2007 he made another leap signing with Kashiwa Reysol in J1... although he spent most of his time as a Kashiwa player on loan to other clubs, including Giravanz in 2010- a move which then became permanent. According to Transfermarkt he only has 1' played in J1 with Reysol, and that was back in 2007- nice chance to improve his record, I think!
- Eijiro Takeda (26) signed with Shonan Bellmare thus ending his four season spell with Yokohama F. Marinos. Takeda turned pro with the Kanagawa Sailors in 2011 but in the past three seasons he has been servicing other clubs- he has been on loan to JEF, Gainare and lately to Avispa, where he was mostly used as a MF and collected a nice number of starts.
Free Agents
- Shimizu S-Pulse is the latest team to do some cleaning up of their roster. FW Atomu Nabeta (23) is released after four years with the Shizuoka outfit. He never played much for them, and his recent loan to Avispa Fukuoka during the last months of last season didn't really help him. The other player leaving is CB Tomonobu Hiroi (29), whose stay in Shimizu has been slightly longer- 8 seasons- but who didn't accomplish much more, putting together just a few minutes this season. He has had full seasons as a starter in J2 on loan to Roasso in the past.
Retirement
- Striker Yasumasa Nishino (32) says goodbye to the pitch. He has been with Kamatamare Sanuki ever since they got promoted to the JFL in 2011. Before that, he spent several seasons in J1 between Jubilo and Sanga, although he never managed to estabilish himself as a starter in the top tier.
- Much younger MF Keisuke Harada (26) is also retiring. Harada turned pro with Vegalta Sendai in 2011 but never found his place with the Eagles- he was loaned to Tochigi last year, where he didn't play either, and to Machida this year, where things got slightly better although he still didn't manage to impose himself in the Zelvia lineup.

 

And Red Bull Salzburg are interested :
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20141212-00000005-nksports-socc

 

He and Muto together? Why Minamino though when he didn't really perform that well this season?

 

http://www.nikkansports.com/soccer/news/p-sc-tp1-20141211-1407503.html
Yamaguchi has turned away offers from domestic clubs, but Cerezo is willing to listen to offers from abroad. Some say that Cerezo may be under pressure to reduce salary after relegation, or that the weak yen depresses transfer fees in real terms from the perspective of European clubs. Might be a good opportunity to buy low - I'm sure Yamaguchi is available for cheaper than he would have been a year ago.

 

12/12/2014

- News of the day is surely Yuki Otsu (24)'s comeback to where it all began- i.e., Kashiwa Reysol. Otsu had been a very exciting prospect and his 2011 performances with Kashiwa were enough to convince Bundesliga side Borussia Moenchengladbach to sign him during the summer. His stay with the German club was frustrating to say the least- he barely got any chance to prove his worth. A good performance with a couple awesome goals at the London Olympics raised interest in him from Dutch club VVV-Venlo, which had been the starting point for the european careers of Honda and Yoshida. However, Venlo got relegated and Otsu ended up playing as much as he played in Borussia- i.e., very little. He now has a chance to regain a starting spot in a familiar setting and, maybe, win over JNT coach Aguirre and get back to wearing the Samurai Blue jersey.
- Allow me a misleading title once in a while: URAWA RED DIAMONDS SIGN MUTO
No, not that Muto. I'm talking about Vegalta Sendai's Yuki Muto (26), which is quite a good signing anyways- a winger/forward who has seen increasing playing time over the past seasons, starting around half games for Vegalta last season. Don't think he has what it takes to be a regular starter with Urawa, but he surely is a good signing at least for a second-half sub.
- Another very good signing from Urawa Red Diamonds is Wataru Hashimoto (28), the starting leftback from Kashiwa Reysol, a regular member for the Sun Kings since Nelsinho took over the club- this includes the victorious J.League campaign in 2011 as well as two ACL appearances. This is his first move ever- he had been with Kashiwa ever since he finished university in 2009.
- Veteran CB Keisuke Tsuboi (35), who received a goodbye ceremony from Urawa Red Diamonds after their Nagoya defeat- fully deserved, as he's been serving the team for thirteen seasons, will play for Shonan Bellmare next season. This is the first move in Tsuboi's career!
- Striker Takafumi Suzuki (27) has followed a somewhat weird path these past seasons- he moved from Machida Zelvia to Fagiano Okayama in 2013, got loaned back to Zelvia last season and made a permanent move there now. He didn't fit in Fagiano squad in 2013 while he was a regular starter for Zelvia, so that's quite understandable- and good for Zelvia, I guess. Suzuki was joint 7th top goalscorer in J3 last season.
- Local boy Yuki Matsushita (33) is coming home to Thespakusatsu Gunma after a two-year spell with Yokohama FC. Matsushita spent the early part of his career in J1 with Sanfrecce, Avispa and Frontale but he never imposed himself as a starter, while he had been a regular on the pitch since joining Thespa in 2007. He retained a good number of starts in Yokohama as well for the past two seasons.
- Midfielder Min-Jae Kim (25) is leaving Ehime FC and going back to his homeland, South Korea, to play for newly created team Seoul E-Land FC, which will debut in South Korea's 2nd tier next year. Kim's stint with Ehime lasted one year only, but he has been playing in Japan since turning pro with Avispa Fukuoka in 2011.
- Sanfrecce Hiroshima's reserve GK Yutaro Hara (24) is taking a step down to J2 and joining Roasso Kumamoto on a permanent deal. Rather unsurprisingly, Hara was never able to overcome his colleagues... but that's understandable, if you're competing against Nishikawa before and Hayashi now. This is his first pro move- maybe Kumamoto will be the starting point for his career?

Loans
- After a stellar 2012 season when he was rivalling with Kubo for the Kyoto Sanga starlet role Takumi Miyayoshi (22) had disappeared a bit from the radar. He spent the second half of last season with bottom J2 dwellers Kataller Toyama where he finally reprised a starting role and is now back to Sanga.
- Another Korean leaving Ehime FC is Dong-Ju Moon (24), a striker who spent the year in Shikoku on loan from powerhouses FC Seoul. Ehime usually has a tradition of relying on youngsters on loan from stronger teams... but Moon's stint in Matsuyama has been hardly remarkable, as his highlights were probably the few times he managed to make the bench for the mikans.
- CB Kojiro Shinohara (23) is back to Fagiano Okayama after a season-long loan to Roasso Kumamoto. Taken his past results into account, it looks like it's been a profitable move, as he managed several starts compared to his previous seasons with Fagiano, where he was a seldom used sub.

Free agents
- Omiya Ardija is rebuilding his GK contingent from scrap- after Kitano a couple of days ago, reserve GK Koji Ezumi (35) has been let go as well. Ezumi spent a remarkable nine seasons with Omiya, and was their starter choice between 2008 and 2009. During their chaotic 2014 campaign he managed to start roughly a third of the games.

 

I snatched a rumour saying Nelsinho will sign with Kobe in some days. Anybody heard it too?

 

They are really taking it serious for 2015, Mikitani sold Vissel to Rakuten for a month ago and rumoured that boosted there budget up to 3 billion yen, a budget not far from Nagoya, Marinos

 

13/12/2014

- A rather quiet day except for Urawa Red Diamonds signing winger Toshiyuki Takagi (23) from Shimizu S-Pulse, a rather interesting move imo- the kid, despite being fairly young, has been a starter for Shimizu for quite a few seasons. Toshiyuki is the older brother of Yoshiaki, who is staying in Shimizu for the moment.
- The only other piece of news for the day is Roasso Kumamoto returning some loaned workforce to their original clubs- namely Kento Hashimoto (21) and Jung-Suk Kim (20). Hashimoto is a defensive midfielder who spent two seasons in Kumamoto, and managed to get a rather regular number of starts. He brings a lot more experience back to FC Tokyo. Kim's season was way quieter as he only picked up a few minutes as a second-half sub. He is back to Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

 

Then who's going to run in this team? One jizo on the pitch is enough I assume. Who's going to do the running stuff? Old Endo?