Japanese
clubs' fortunes are heavily linked to the companies which own them so
this year as Yanmar's stock has risen we have a little bit more cash
than usual to spend. Thanks in part to Shinji Kagawa Yanmar has
become a sponsor of both Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United.
Traditionally Yanmar Deisel's sales have been from industrial farm
equipment in Japan but recently they have been expanding by providing
emergency power generators in Europe. This explains their push to
sponsor European teams and also a newly found desire to back Cerezo to help further increase their international profile. Man Utd are pencilled in for
a friendly in Osaka this year. The plan seems to be working judging
by this in the Daily Mail mentioning Yanmar in an article. So will this renewed effort lead
to wise investments or will we squander the cash on journeymen
Brazilians? All of the transfers listed below have been announced on
the Cerezo website as of today with the exception of Edno Cunha for
some reason. It seems the 29 year old is on loan from Mexican club
Tigres. He represented Brazil at U20 level and has played for a lot
of clubs in a few different countries managing to score over 10 goals
in a season just once in career playing as a second striker. He's
pretty much guaranteed to start every game whether or not he's any
better than the players we already have so check out his YouTube
highlights. His
nickname is “The Rock”. Fingers crossed he can do the business in the J-League. As for the other transfers there aren't
any players that stand out as obvious starters but they should help
be able to help out as squad players. Sadly Daisuke Takahashi is now
out of contract and going through rehab for his knee injury after
previously fighting back from a fractured skull. Hopefully he can
come back from this too. At the moment Takahiro Ogihara remains a
Cerezo player despite a bid from FC Nurnberg. He will move but it
remains to be seen whether it will happen this winter or more likely in the
summer. Yoichiro Kakitani is also interesting a number of European
clubs.
IN:
Takeda Yohei from Shimizu S-Pulse
IN:
Takeda Yohei from Shimizu S-Pulse
Mukuhara
Kenta on loan from FC Tokyo
Kusukami Junpei from Kawasaki Frontale
Toru Araiba from Kashima Antlers
Gu Sung-Yun from a high school in Korea!
OUT:
Kenya Matsui to Tokushima Vortis
Kusukami Junpei from Kawasaki Frontale
Toru Araiba from Kashima Antlers
Gu Sung-Yun from a high school in Korea!
OUT:
Kenya Matsui to Tokushima Vortis
Tada
Ryosuke to Thespa Kusatsu on loan
Ogino Kenjiro to Albirex Niigata Singapore FC
Kodama Arata to Oita Trinita
Funatsu Tetsuya returns to Toyama Kataller after loan
Daisuke Takahashi released
Ogino Kenjiro to Albirex Niigata Singapore FC
Kodama Arata to Oita Trinita
Funatsu Tetsuya returns to Toyama Kataller after loan
Daisuke Takahashi released
