I believe that more players will go to Switzerland in the near future, and there will be a return to Holland for some? What do you think?

Akira Kaji going to Chivas in USA may show the way for more older (nearing retirement) or younger (without contract offers?) players to go to “the States”. A few more heading to Australia soon, too?

GERMANY – Bundesliga
Atsuto Uchida – Schalke 04
Gotoku Sakai – Stuttgart
Genki Haraguchi – Hertha Berlin
Hajime Hosogai – Hertha Berlin
Hiroki Sakai – Hannover 96
Hiroshi Kiyotake – Hannover 96
Makoto Hasebe – Eintracht Frankfurt
Takashi Inui – Eintracht Frankfurt
Shinji Kagawa – Borussia Dortmund
Shinji Okazaki – Mainz
Yuya Osako – Cologne
Kazuki Nagasawa – Cologne

GERMANY – Bundesliga 2
Hiroki Yamada – Karlsruher
Yusuke Tasaka – Bochum

GERMANY – 3rd Division
Mitsuru Maruoka – Borussia Dortmund B

ENGLAND
Ryo Miyaichi – Arsenal
Maya Yoshida – Southampton

ITALY
Keisuke Honda – AC Milan
Yuto Nagatomo – Inter Milan

SPAIN – Primera Liga
Mike Havenaar – Córdoba

SPAIN – Division 2
Sotan Tanabe – Sabadell

SPAIN – Division 3
Yukiya Sugita – Hércules

PORTUGAL – DIvision 1
Junya Tanaka – Sporting

PORTUGAL – DIvision 2
Mu Kanazaki – Portimonense

SWITZERLAND
Yuya Kubo – Young Boys of Berne
Yoichiro Kakitani – FC Basel

BELGIUM
Eiji Kawashima – Standard Liège
Yuji Ono – Standard Liège

HOLLAND – Division 2
Yuki Otsu – VVV Venlo

RUSSIA
Takafumi Akahoshi – FK Ufa

POLAND
Takuya Murayama – Pogon Szczecin
Shohei Okuno – Pogon Szczecin

ROMANIA
Takayuki Seto – Astra Giurgiu

Head to Head – 9 wins for Reds, just 4 for Frontale and 5 draws since 2005. Frontale have not won this game since 2009.

Match Preview – Urawa Reds must win this with S-Pulse on their heels for that 3rd ACL spot, while Kawasaki Frontale are also in a must-win situation, for fear of being dragged deeper into the relegation dogfight. Reds still lack a goalscorer, Genki Haraguchi has proved he is not that player, while Despotovic has not featured this season and must soon be on his way! Rumours of Reds approaching Davi of Kofu and Koroki of Antlers have surfaced this week, but any incoming player will be too late for this season.

Frontale are far from safe and another defeat will have their fans biting their nails for 2 or 3 more games yet, especially if Ardija, Gamba and Vissel get the right results. Surely not all of them will win, but I think this is a defeat for Frontale. Certainly, even 2 or 3 wins in their final games should not hide the fact that coach Kazama has problems somewhere – if he finds them, maybe a better season next year! EXPECT a WIN for URAWA REDS!