Rumoured Yoshinori Muto

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Now this guy yoshinori muto is apparently the best in the j league and he plays striker and were sorta in the market for a 2nd/3rd choice striker for next season.

Hard to think he'd get a work permit that soon. Zero to none chances if you ask me. Best case scenario would be to see him here for the 2016/17 pre-season tour.

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Japanese Messi

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Chelsea have made a bid for FC Tokyo midfielder Yoshinori Muto, according to the Japanese club's president.

Reports linking the Premier League leaders with the 22-year-old first surfaced earlier this week, with newspaper Sports Nippon claiming that the Blues spotted him last May and made an official approach in March.

Jose Mourinho's men are said to have offered around £4 million for the Japan international, though Tokyo chief Naoki Ogane stopped short of confirming the exact figures involved.

"It is true that Chelsea sent us an offer for Muto," Ogane confirmed to Sports Nippon. "It is a formal offer with conditions. They want to acquire him in the summer"

Muto himself, however, says he has not yet made up his mind whether he will make the move to Stamford Bridge.

"I have not decided yet at all," he added. "It is an honour for me to receive this offer from a great club."

Muto has not played 75 per cent of his country's matches in the past two years and would therefore struggle to obtain a work permit at the first time of asking, though Ogane insists there will be "no problems" on that front.

He also stated that Chelsea's approach for Muto is not connected to the club's new shirt sponsorship deal with Yokohama Rubber, which was announced in February.

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He also stated that Chelsea's approach for Muto is not connected to the club's new shirt sponsorship deal with Yokohama Rubber, which was announced in February.

BS

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No

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

i am sure he is the best available option, and nothing to do with the fact top football is all about money, and that we have a pre season tour to Japan and his transfer fee will be recouped several times through shrewd marketing.

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Deal makes sense.

Promotes the brands Chelsea & Yokohama as well as selling shirts in Asia which will pay for his transfer and wages. Potential to be loaned out and sold later for profit or keep as a squad player if he fulfils his full potential.

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Just to keep you updated on the size of that market,

Schalke 04 (Which Uchida plays for) japanese twitter account has more followers than Chelsea + Man Utd japanese twitter accounts combined.

Not that it justify to buy a player just for that.

Maybe if those guys at Yokohoma\Yoko-ono\Whatever will build us a 90K stadium i would concider making them a favour and buying a japanese player.

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duncan castles is so well conneceted to mourihno that anything he says about chelsea transfers should be taken as HIGHLY reliable. He said in his article that chelsea are looking to buy a japanese player and we have yet to decide who. He hinted that this is also a commercial driven move that conicides with our new sponsors.

Now this guy yoshinori muto is apparently the best in the j league and he plays striker and were sorta in the market for a 2nd/3rd choice striker for next season.

here are some videos , loooks good but its the j league. if he can replicate this in the epl wouldn't be a bad signing .

Agreed, interesting looking skills the lad's got.

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i am sure he is the best available option, and nothing to do with the fact top football is all about money, and that we have a pre season tour to Japan and his transfer fee will be recouped several times through shrewd marketing.

Actually it's POST SEASON tour, which means that after the season ends, tired players instead of going on holidays, they travel to Japan to play some games.

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This guy reminds me of Heung-min Son. I know that the latter is Korean but those Asian player share the same traits. They all have very good work ethic and every one is ridiculously two-footed. This guy is no different.

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Hard to think he'd get a work permit that soon. Zero to none chances if you ask me. Best case scenario would be to see him here for the 2016/17 pre-season tour.

Well, if he's played 11 times since making his debut last year that suggests that he's a regular. I don't know how many competitive fixtures Japan will have played in the 24 months leading up to the date of his application, presumably in July/August. Even if he fails to reach the required 75% figure at that time, as a regular, it shouldn't take him longer than another season to meet the criteria and maybe a season long loan would be a part of the plan anyway.

All this assumes Japan retain their top fifty status of course. They are currently exactly 50th, nearly 10 ranking points behind Congo in 49th but less than 2 points ahead of Egypt in 51st.

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Well, if he's played 11 times since making his debut last year that suggests that he's a regular. I don't know how many competitive fixtures Japan will have played in the 24 months leading up to the date of his application, presumably in July/August. Even if he fails to reach the required 75% figure at that time, as a regular, it shouldn't take him longer than another season to meet the criteria and maybe a season long loan would be a part of the plan anyway.

All this assumes Japan retain their top fifty status of course. They are currently exactly 50th, nearly 10 ranking points behind Congo in 49th but less than 2 points ahead of Egypt in 51st.

Yep, that is what I was saying, too. Needs a season on loan to meet the criteria. He is currently at 30%. Impossible to reach the required 75% until August this year.

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

Actually it's POST SEASON tour, which means that after the season ends, tired players instead of going on holidays, they travel to Japan to play some games.

or pre season depending how you look at it

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Hopefully he'll become a world beater unexpectedly.