It’s all in the news! Or it will be VERY soon – Tsuneyasu Miyamoto – who entertained us at the JSoccer Magazine Christmas Cruise last week has (or will today?) announced that he is retiring from playing, with a view to coaching in the near future.For a player who I saw personally when he was 17 – stating then that I thought he would captain his country – I’ll now put my neck on the line and state that Tsune will manage his country, eventually!But, for now, he’ll have to start somewhere else, probably

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Click on the “Christmas Cruise” link above right, or the link below for more!JSoccer Magazine was proud to host a Christmas Dinner Cruise, including a Talk Show with Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, in Kobe, on December 10th. The night kicked off at 7 pm with the Luminous Kobe II cruise ship pulling away from the dock and editor and publisher of the magazine, Alan Gibson welcoming the assembled guests. Because of the tight schedule – a two hour cruise around Kobe and surrounding areas – the events came thick and fast, with five signed Miyamoto books, “Walk On”, being some of the first door prizes out of the box. (click here for more on the night and a photo gallery)Thank you, Tsune, for a great night!

Ryo Miyaichi could well go out on loan from Arsenal again, in January, with Dutch teams and Spanish teams enquiring about the Japanese teenager! He scored three in 12 games for Feyenoord in his loan period last season and, since returning to Arsenal has featured in a couple of League Cup games but that’s all so far.Arsene Wenger has not decided either way yet on whether he’ll send the youngster out for more experience or throw him into the Premier League action when he returns from his current enforced injury lay-off.What do YOU think Ryo should do for the rest of the 2011-12 season?

Peter sends us this report …Sergio Soares da Silva, who played 9 games for Kyoto Sanga in 1996, has emerged as the favourite to get the Cerezo manager’s job. Sports Hochi thinks he may be appointed before the end of the year.Soares (44) seems to have had an undistinguished playing career. Since retiring he seems to have been in almost continuous employment as a coach, but in that Brazilian system where everyone appears to play musical chairs almost every year. Apparently, what attracts Cerezo is his spell at St Andre, a club which has traditionally yo-yoed between the Brazilian League’s Division 2 and Division 3. In 2008 Soares led St Andre into Division 1, with the team scoring 71 goals in 38 games. Cerezo see him as a young manager who can continue the club’s tradition of playing attacking Brazilian-style footie.http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/soccer/jleague/news/20111210-OHT1T00249.htmFrom Brazilian Wiki: 1996, the year Soares played for Sanga, seems to have been his first year as a player; otherwise he seems only to have played 24 games for Brazil’s Juventus, although he did have an eight-year career as a pro. Japanese Wiki only shows his 9 games for Kyoto and Brazilian Wiki, only his 24 games for Juventus, so neither can be relied on as being comprehensive.Even if you don’t understand Brazilian Portuguese, the Brazilian Wiki is useful for letting you see his continuous record of employment.http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Soares

The top, the bottom and all parts in between. And what we said at the start of the season to compare and check how right (or wrong) it was!Please read on for the JSoccer.COMment…

Some notes on the last weekend action for some of our boys overseas… Kagawa, Otsu, Yano, Inoha, Makino, Inui, Honda, Nagatomo, Kimura, Morimoto, Abe and more …. read on for a line or two on your favourite player.

Last night the final Best XI for J1 was announced (I posted the original “best 29″ yesterday – see below)Ｊリーグは、２０１１シーズンにおける最優秀選手賞、ベストイレブン、ベストヤングプレーヤー賞をはじめとする各賞の受賞者を、以下の通り決定いたしました。　受賞者については、本日横浜アリーナにて行われた「２０１１Ｊリーグアウォーズ」にて表彰されました。 Leandro Dominguez (no surprise there!) was the MVP and the full Best XI (3-5-2 formation) is:GK – Narazaki (Grampus)DF – Kondo, Sakai (Reysol), Tulio (Grampus)MF – Jorge Wagner, Leandro Dominguez (Reysol), Endo (Gamba), Fujimoto (Grampus), Kiyotake (Cerezo)FW – Kennedy (Grampus), 194cm Havenaar Mike (Ventforet)ＧＫ　楢崎　正剛 名古屋グランパス ＤＦ　近藤　直也 柏レイソルＤＦ　酒井　宏樹 柏レイソルＤＦ　田中　マルクス闘莉王 名古屋グランパスＭＦ　ジョルジ　ワグネル 柏レイソルＭＦ　レアンドロ　ドミンゲス 柏レイソルＭＦ　藤本　淳吾 名古屋グランパス ＭＦ　遠藤　保仁 ガンバ大阪ＭＦ　清武　弘嗣 セレッソ大阪ＦＷ　ハーフナー　マイク ヴァンフォーレ甲府ＦＷ　ケネディ 名古屋グランパス

Who DO YOU think is missing? Or shouldn’t be there!!?ゴールキーパー ベガルタ仙台 林 卓人 Takuto HAYASHI柏レイソル 菅野　孝憲 Takanori SUGENO名古屋グランパス 楢﨑正剛 Seigo NARAZAKIディフェンダーベガルタ仙台 角田　誠 Makoto KAKUDAベガルタ仙台 鎌田　次郎 Jiro KAMATA柏レイソル 近藤　直也 Naoya KONDO柏レイソル 酒井　宏樹 Hiroki SAKAI横浜Ｆ・マリノス 栗原　勇蔵 Yuzo KURIHARA横浜Ｆ・マリノス 中澤　佑二 Yuji NAKAZAWA清水エスパルス 太田　宏介 Kosuke OTA名古屋グランパス 田中　マルクス 闘莉王 Marcus Tulio TANAKA名古屋グランパス 増川　隆洋 Takahiro MASUKAWAミッドフィルダー鹿島アントラーズ 野沢　拓也 Takuya NOZAWA柏レイソル 大谷　秀和 Hidekazu OTANI柏レイソル ジョルジ　ワグネル JORGE WAGNER柏レイソル レアンドロ　ドミンゲス LEANDRO DOMINGUES川崎フロンターレ 中村　憲剛 Kengo NAKAMURAジュビロ磐田 駒野　友一 Yuichi KOMANO名古屋グランパス ダニルソン DANILSON名古屋グランパス 藤本　淳吾 Jungo FUJIMOTOガンバ大阪 遠藤　保仁 Yasuhito ENDOセレッソ大阪 清武　弘嗣 Hiroshi KIYOTAKEフォワードヴァンフォーレ甲府 ハーフナー　マイク Mike HAVENAAR (194 cm)ジュビロ磐田 前田　遼一 Ryoichi MAEDA名古屋グランパス ケネディ Joshua KENNEDY名古屋グランパス 玉田　圭司 Keiji TAMADAガンバ大阪 イ　グノ LEE Keun Hoガンバ大阪 ラフィーニャ RAFINHAサンフレッチェ広島 李　忠成 Tadanari LEE