And Europe, Europe, Europe! Will the national team leave without playing in Korea? Moriyasu is likely to go straight to Europe for the third time this summer

Jul 13, 2025

And Europe, Europe, Europe! Will the national team leave without playing in Korea? Moriyasu is likely to go straight to Europe for the third time this summer
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And Europe, Europe, Europe! Will the national team leave without playing in Korea? Moriyasu is likely to go straight to Europe for the third time this summer
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This summer alone, there will be a J-League club that will produce its third direct player to Europe.

Japan's Soccer Digest Web reported on the 12th that `Kawasaki Frontale striker Yamada seems to be approaching a transfer to Celtic.'

Soccer Digest Webb said 'Celtic is nearing signing Yamada. The two clubs are expected to agree on 1.5 million pounds (about 2.7 billion won) to transfer the Japanese national team player. Yamada is currently participating in the 2025 East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) E-1 Championship (East Asian Cup), which is being held in South Korea.




And Europe, Europe, Europe! Will the national team leave without playing in Korea? Moriyasu is likely to go straight to Europe for the third time this summer
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Yamada made his professional debut through the Kawasaki youth team in 2022. Yamada, who scored 22 goals and 6 assists in 57 games in the 2024 season, won the J League Outstanding Player Award and exploded his potential in earnest, is considered a smart and strong player on the front line.

The club that showed interest in Yamada is Celtic. Celtic have consistently recruited Japanese players to achieve results. Kyogo Furuhashi, Daizen Maeda, and Hattate Leo played an active part in Celtic.

If Kawasaki sends Yamada this summer, it will send as many as three players to Europe this summer alone. Japan's J-League has recently seen a significant increase in the number of direct flights from the J-League to Europe. Kawasaki is also contributing greatly to this.




And Europe, Europe, Europe! Will the national team leave without playing in Korea? Moriyasu is likely to go straight to Europe for the third time this summer
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Takai Gota has already confirmed his transfer to Tottenham, a big club in the English Premier League (EPL). It may be difficult to play in the first team immediately, but Tottenham seems to have recognized Takai's potential in the long run and recruited him.

Takai is a promising defender who is scheduled to turn 21 in September this year, and is over 190 centimeters tall, solid physical and has the right to provide. He also has good pass ability, contributing to a large part of the build-up, and has a wide range of abilities that promising defenders should have, such as forward dribbling. Takai, who has already accumulated considerable experience as a professional in his fourth year as a professional, has grown since his professional debut in Kawasaki in 2022. Since September last year, he has also joined the Japanese national team. In addition to Takai, Takuma Ominami also moved to Ruben (Belgium), Ohio.

Following Takai and Ohio, Yamada is also about to move overseas, and more and more players are growing up through Kawasaki and heading to Europe. It is expected to be a more satisfactory achievement for coach Hajime Moriyasu, who expects the Japanese national team's competitiveness to increase due to the increase in overseas players.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.