You said you were going to Liverpool. Official proposal...Sociedad Chairman Confidently Remains Big Star

Jul 29, 2025

You said you were going to Liverpool. Official proposal...Sociedad Chairman Confidently Remains Big Star
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Japan's national team star Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), who heated up the early days of the summer transfer market, but it turned out that no official proposal has arrived.

Sociedad Chairman Hockin Aperibai said in an interview with Noticias de Gifuscoa, Spain, on the 29th (Korea time), `There are various rumors about Gubo, Bryce Mendes, and Alex Lemiro. But no official proposal has arrived for them at all" he said. Then "I don't care about the rumors at all. I have full confidence in the players."

Since Kubo took off as the main player in Sociedad, rumors of a transfer have been lingering. Liverpool and FC Barcelona have been mentioned as the teams most interested in him since last winter. Catalan media outlet Enotesseyes said on January 20 that `Riverpool and Barcelona's interest is Gubo, not Martin Subimendi, who is well known,' adding that `Riverpool is looking for a replacement with the possibility of Mohamed Salah's transfer in mind.' It also pointed out that `Liverpool is willing to pay for the recruitment of Gubo, and the possibility of making an offer that includes trades such as Federico Chiesa or Endo Wataru to reduce the cost of the transfer is also discussed.' Since then, there have been rumors that Sociedad has set a buyout of 60 million euros (about 96.8 billion won) in preparation for the transfer of Gubo, which was contracted by June 2029. However, no real movement has been observed so far.




You said you were going to Liverpool. Official proposal...Sociedad Chairman Confidently Remains Big Star
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Everton were mentioned as the most recent team showing interest in Gubo. Rumors have swirled that Everton, led by head coach David Moyes, will bring in Gubo to strengthen their power ahead of the new season. However, as Chairman Aperibai himself dismissed this, Kubo's future seems to be falling into the fog again.

Kubo's appearance reminds me of Keisuke Honda, a former member of the Japanese national team.

Honda also succeeded after entering Europe, and there were observations about going to big clubs in each transfer market every year. However, CSKA Moscow (Russia) did not think about releasing him while paying a high ransom, and in the end, the transfer to a big club was hampered by only interest. In the end, Honda was only able to move to AC Milan in January 2014 when his contract with CSKA expired.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.