Newcastle Jets produced a stubborn performance to take a 2 – 1 victory in the top of the table clash with FC Sydney. Newcastle Jets attacker Andrew Nabbout says leaving the A-League club for Japan is bittersweet but it’s an opportunity he can’t pass up.
Nabbout is joining J-League powerhouse Urawa Red Diamonds, who tabled an offer moments after his match-winning goal against Sydney FC on Saturday night.
“It’s a bittersweet moment to be leaving,” Nabbout said in statement on Monday.
“We have got a great group of lads here and I’m loving my football but this is an opportunity I can’t pass up, something I’ve worked…
Newcastle Jets produced a stubborn performance to take a 2 – 1 victory in the top of the table clash with FC Sydney. Newcastle Jets coach Ernie Merrick has given Andrew Nabbout his blessing to leave for Japan, confident the team has enough depth to cover for the star forward — and Roy O’Donovan should the Irishman cop a suspension.
Nabbout pressed his Socceroos case further in Saturday night’s thrilling 2-1 triumph over Sydney FC, netting a stunning goal from 30 metres to bring his season tally to 10 goals and seven assists.
The performance also did little to harm his chances of securing a formal contract offer…
Thai stars Teerasil Dangda, Teerathon Bunmathan and Chanathip Songkrasin out on loan to the J-League for the 2018 season.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. Consadole Sapporo is not usually the big game in Japan, but on Saturday it gave J League bosses the start to the season they had been dreaming of. Almost half an hour into his debut for Hiroshima, Teerasil Dangda was left alone in the area and the striker headed home the only goal of the game from Yoshifumi Kashiwa’s cross.
The goal was scored by perhaps the second biggest name in Thai football. The biggest belongs to Chanathip Songkrasin, who was on the same pitch as part…
Yokohama F Marinos’ head coach Ange Postecoglou believes he can bring success to the club as he was officially unveiled by the club.
Thai stars Teerasil Dangda, Teerathon Bunmathan and Chanathip Songkrasin out on loan to the J-League for the 2018 season.
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Jason Dasey and Kaz Patafta discuss how Ange Postecoglou will fit in at Yokohama and who the favourite is to become the new manager of Australia. Forgotten Socceroo Ben Halloran has left his German club and signed with newly promoted J-League outfit V-Varen Nagasaki.
The pacy 25-year-old was contracted to 2.Bundesliga side Heidenheim but sealed his move on Tuesday to Japan.
Halloran starred for Gold Coast United and Brisbane Roar in the A-League but had been playing since 2013 in Germany’s second division.
He has represented Australia on six occasions and was a second-half substitute in all three matches under Ange Postecoglou at the 2014…
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Muang Thong United utility player Theerathon Bunmathan will become the latest Thailand international to head to Japan after sealing a one-year loan deal with J.League side Vissel Kobe where Germany star Lukas Podolksi plies his trade.
Theerathon follows Muang Thong teammates Chanathip Songkrasin and Teerasil Dangda, who will be on loan at Consadole Sapporo and Sanfrecce Hiroshima respectively in 2018.
The 27-year-old joins former Bayern Munich and Arsenal striker Podolski for the 2018 season as…
Jo helped Corinthians to the 2017 league title.
SAO PAULO — Brazilian striker Jo has confirmed a move from Corinthians to Japanese club Nagoya Grampus.
The top goal-scorer of the most recent Brazilian championship said in a news conference on Friday that he had not planned to leave his country, but considered the Japanese offer “irrefutable.”
Jo did not announce the length of his contract with the recently promoted team.
Corinthians chairman Roberto de Andrade said the value of the transfer for the 30-year-old was “about 10, 11 million euros…
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Theerathon Bunmathan said he is excited by reports he is a target for Vissel Kobe.
Thailand’s Theerathon Bunmathan has said it would be a dream to become the latest Muangthong United star to swap the Thai League for the J.League after Vissel Kobe reportedly started negotiations to take the player to Japan.
Theerathon, who can play at left-back or on the left or centre of midfield, has been targeted by Vissel following loan deals for Chanathip Songkrasin at Consadole Sapporo and Teerasil Dangda at Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
“It’s very exciting to hear that Vissel Kobe are interested…