Some player notes as we get ready for tomorrow night’s match against Nagoya:
-Shingo Akamine has decided to reject Jubilo’s offer for a transfer and stay with Tokyo, prompting an enthusiastic response from fans and teammates alike at Monday’s practice. Akamine, the team’s leading scorer last season as well as one of the top Japanese scorers, has joined in most of the games this season as a late-game substitute due to Hirayama’s emergence as a starter.
-In this morning’s editions of Sponichi it was reported that the team has recieved offers from clubs in Saudi Arabia and UAE for striker Cabore. The team is said to be fending these offers off by establishing steep penalities for breaking a contract mid-season, but some fear that Middle East club teams can reach deep into their pockets and pull out all the oil money they need to complete any deal. This season has already seen Middle Eastern clubs pillage J.League, with former Kobe manager Caio Junior and Nagoya striker Davi already heading to the region.
-While most of the press on Monday night had their cameras trained on Naohiro Ishikawa, a few cameras stayed pointed at the press box where NT coach Takeshi Okada was watching the game. Okada gave no indication of his reaction to the score, however, and following the game he merely commented that Ishikawa “look good” and that he wasn’t going to make any rash decisions in terms of selecting members.
With Sunday’s goal, Ishikawa has scored in 5 games in a row and has tied club legend Amaral (who, incidentally, has come out of retirement to play with JFL side FC Kariya) for the team record. He can claim his own place in the record books if he scores tomorrow night.
Hello everyone.
I was born in Australia and lived in Japan for about 3 years until the age of 4. My father is Australian and mother is Japanese. Nihongo was actually my first langauge but then I learnt english and forgot most of it. Anyway that is not the point.
I have just turned 16, 175cm and 64kg and play right-back, right wing or stiker. My main skills is that I am a very fast, strong can shoot powerfully. I currently train 4 times a week with a good team and I want to become a proffesional player. I would love to tryout with F.C. tokyo or another j-league club because I believe it’s the perfect place for me considering of my background.
I want to go next summer (July) to tryout for one of these clubs. I stay with my cousins in chibu, tokyo so accomodation is easy. How do I do this? Perhaps my mother can speak to someone from these teams? numbers?
Please help me because I have a passionate desire to become a proffesional player and I need a way to get to that.
I watched a F.C. tokyo game in 2006 and I thought it was great especially when you sing YNWA amazing!!
Thankyou in advance,
Nick.