IN:Yohei TOYODA – from Kyoto Sanga FCKIM Kun Hoan – loan from Yokohama F.MarinosTeruaki KOBAYASHI – from Ventforet KofuTakahiro KUNIYOSHI – from Ventforet KofuYusuke INUZUKA – from Ventforet KofuKeisuke FUNATANI – from Jubilo IwataYoshiki TAKAHASHI – loan from Vegalta SendaiTomotaka OKAMOTO – loan extension from Sanfrecce HiroshimaShohei OKADAKyohei KUROKIKohei KUROKIOUT:Tatsunori ARAI – retiredMyung Hwi KIM – retiredKIM Byung Suk – to All NassrNobuhia URATA – to Ehime FCRyota NAGATA – to Montedio YamagataYukihiro YAMASE – to Kataller ToyamaHiroki BANDAI – to Montedio YamagataTerukazu TANAKA has been on trial at Real Salt Lake, USA and is announced on their 2012 roster – firm news on loan or transfer to followFor more teams, complete league being updated slowly, click on the READ MORE HERE link.
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SANFRECCE HIROSHIMA Transfer Updates – February 2nd
IN:Naoki ISHIHARA – from Omiya ArdijaKazuhiko CHIBA – from Albirex NiigataRyuichi HIRASHIGE – returned from loan at Tokyo VerdyHANG Seok Ho – Daegu Univ. KoreaLEE Dae Hon – from High SchoolTakuya MASUDA – from Ryutsu Keizai Univ….. and New coach – Hajime MORIYASUOUT:Tadanari LEE – to Southampton, EnglandMasato YAMAZAKI – to Montedio YamagataAnte TOMIC – to Ehime FCKenta UCHIDA – to Ehime FCHirotsugu Nakabayashi – to Fagiano OkayamaKota Hattori – to Fagiano OkayamaKohei MORITA – to Ventforet KofuIssei TAKAYANAGI – to Consadole SapporoTomotaka OKAMOTO – extension of loan at Sagan Tosu…. and outgoing coach Mihailo Petrovic – to Urawa Redsand the full story of all teams is being updated if you lick on READ MORE HERE …
Korean international Lee Seung Yeoul joins Gamba Osaka.
Gamba are pleased to announce to acquisition of Korean international forward – Lee Seung Yeoul – from FC Seoul. Lee is just 22 years old (born March 6th, 1989) and has made 85 appearances in the K-League, scoring 16 goals in the process. A tall – 182cm – forward with a knack for goal, he was K-League Rookie of the Year in 2008 and has established himself as a regular in the Korean national team, after representing his country at all levels from aged 12. Gamba fans will be hoping he is as prolific as his departed namesake, Keun-Ho!韓国Kリーグ・FCソウル所属のFWイ スンヨル選手は2012年シーズンよりガンバ大阪への完全移籍加入にむけ、クラブ間契約にて基本合意に達しましたことお知らせいたします。今後は、メディカルチェックを受けたのち、本契約を締結する運びとなります。イ選手の練習合流予定は決定次第、お知らせいたしますので、今しばらくお待ち下さい。★イ スンヨル(Lee Seung Yeoul)選手 プロフィール ◇出身地 韓国◇生年月日 1989年3月6日（22歳）◇ポジション FW◇身長／体重 182ｃｍ／73ｋｇ◇経歴シンジョン小→ウォンサム中→新葛高校(シンガル) →2008年～2011年 FCソウル→2012年 ガンバ大阪◇代表歴 2001年 U-12代表、2004年 U-15代表、2007年 U-18代表、2008年 U-19代表、2009年 U-20代表 FIFA U-20 World Cup出場、2010年 A代表 FIFA World Cup出場※2008年 Kリーグ新人王獲得◇Kリーグ戦通算 85試合16得点◇本人のコメントは後日、発表いたします。
194cm Havenaar Mike post-game interview
This is in Dutch with English subtitles. Interestingly, though, 194cm Mike switches to English quite often, without thinking …. must be nice to be trilingual!
Freddie Ljungberg Leaves S-Pulse for MK Dons in England?
Twitter is buzzing with stories (well 140 character comments) that Freddie Ljungberg has quit Shimizu S-Pulse for MK Dons (who will soon be known as MK? Milton Keynes? If their local MP is successful with a campaign, but I digress).It’s amazing what a one-liner on Twitter can do – without any proof anywhere …. PANIC! I’d say take THIS rumour with a pinch of salt – Twitter spreads things like wildfire these days…. this one is, so far, groundless….. another Sponichi exclusive, perhaps 
Honda Deal at Lazio Falls Through – Stays at Moscow!
So it’s all over …. Keisuke Honda did NOT sign for Lazio, even though various Japanese (and world) papers and sites told you … apparently, according to my sources, Honda was OK with personal terms, contract details, but Lazio wanted to spread the payments. This appeared to be the main sticking point and, with CSKA demanding a one-time payment the deal fell through.For a “fringe” player (and recently injury prone) it seemed a decent deal for CSKA, however it happened, and Honda – according to Nikkan Sports, anyway (!) expressed a desire to go to Italy: “I want to be a Lazio player…….. my desire is clear
Verdy's Sugawara commits "professional foul" after 5 seconds, gets red card …
… and doesn’t complain about it. Friend of JSoccer.Com Tomo Sugawara won’t like to be reminded of this incident, but, hey, why not. Was discussing timing of cards… always some commentator (espeically ex-players on Premier League games!) will say the ref can’t give a card “this early” … timing of the incident should not matter – and here is proof from the J.League!
Chong Tese to FC Cologne / Honda not to Lazio (yet!)
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JSoccer Magazine Issue 3 is here!
Alan Gibson takes you through the new magazine… enjoy, like, spread the word, even buy one!! :-)Thank you for your support!
JSoccer Magazine Issue 3 is here!
Click here to go to eBay for Issue 3 of JSoccer Magazine!Available on eBay at this link for now, or mail alan@jsoccer.com for details on how to buy, how to pay and specials if you buy all three issues, or subscribe!Thanks, as always, for your support.JSoccer Magazine Issue 3 includes: Cover story and pictorial appreciation of Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, The Downfall of Urawa Reds, the Story of Yokohama Flugels, Ballon D’Or pics of Homare Sawa, FIFA Club World Cup pics of Barcelona, Santos, Kashiwa Reysol with a great page on Neymar in particular, a review of J1 2011, a look at Cerezo Osaka (and great pic of Kiyotake), interviews with Hiroshi Ibusuki (Sevilla) and Yuto Ono (Celaya), Omiya Ardija and some exclusive pics of Japan 3-2 Iran (November 1997 – Nakata, Kazu, Nanami, Jo, Lopes and more.