Hiroki Sekine - Japan Right Back

[Realist Guy In The Room]

19 minutes ago, brookfox said:

Damn, currently on a 264 day Japanese Duolingo streak. Was looking forward to translating at his first press conference!

How many streak freezes have you used though??

 

Dont fVck!ng lie to meh

[cityfanlee23]

6 hours ago, FoxinNotts said:

Abe

I miss Yuki Abe, was really sad when he left due to homesickness, he was a really hard worker. Him and obviously Shinji were well loved by fans during their time here! Hopefully if this signing is for us we will see the same work ethic and hard work on the pitch!

[Wink84]

46 minutes ago, Ryy said:

Think those were playing in Sweden/Norway 

Ah my bad. Didn't realise that 

[FoxinNotts]

26 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

I miss Yuki Abe, was really sad when he left due to homesickness, he was a really hard worker. Him and obviously Shinji were well loved by fans during their time here! Hopefully if this signing is for us we will see the same work ethic and hard work on the pitch!

Yeah, good players both. This guy is going to France though.

[Sly]

We were linked back in December as we had scouts watch him.

 

What the scouts saw:

 

 

Edited 9 January 2025 by Sly

[orangecity23]

1 hour ago, brookfox said:

Damn, currently on a 264 day Japanese Duolingo streak. Was looking forward to translating at his first press conference!

 

52 minutes ago, Realist Guy In The Room said:

How many streak freezes have you used though??

 

Dont fVck!ng lie to meh

I'm over 400 days now. If he turns up and wants to talk about a new purple hat or a train station, I'm fecking ready.

[davieG]

Merc

 

On Saturday, Nikkan Sports reported that a City scout was at a J-League fixture to keep an eye on Kashiwa Reysol right-back Hiroki Sekine. And today the club announced that the 22-year-old was leaving to join an overseas team.

Although Leicester were not named as the "overseas team", they remain favourites to land a player who recently received his first senior Japan call-up after impressing with his all-round showings on the right side of defence.

Reysol announced on X: “The player will be leaving the team in order to prepare for a transfer to an overseas club. We plan to complete the necessary procedures locally and then enter into a formal agreement. We will provide further notice once the agreement has been concluded.”

[StanSP]

Why are Reysol so coy about it? 

[Mike Oxlong]

Are Reysol part of the Anusol group ? 

[JimJams]

16 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Why are Reysol so coy about it? 

Professionalism?

[brookfox]

22 minutes ago, orangecity23 said:

 

I'm over 400 days now. If he turns up and wants to talk about a new purple hat or a train station, I'm fecking ready.

😆

Interviewer: So welcome to Leicester, are you excited to be here?

Hiroki: <Japanese>
Duolingo translator: Errr he said he doesn’t like expensive shoes and Mr Nakayama is a cheerful person, isn’t he.

[lcfc sheff]

Percy said we’d be aiming for “cheap fullbacks”

 

so here’s no.1, wonder who’ll be no.2 

[orangecity23]

6 minutes ago, brookfox said:

😆

Interviewer: So welcome to Leicester, are you excited to be here?

Hiroki: <Japanese>
Duolingo translator: Errr he said he doesn’t like expensive shoes and Mr Nakayama is a cheerful person, isn’t he.

Absolute scenes when he turns up at the eki in Leicester, to find that shinkansens and denshas are arimasen, but the densha no repurasumento basu is asoko desu.

[FoxinNotts]

12 minutes ago, lcfc sheff said:

Percy said we’d be aiming for “cheap fullbacks”

 

so here’s no.1, wonder who’ll be no.2 

This guy seems to be going to Reims not us

[funkyrobot]

1 hour ago, cityfanlee23 said:

I miss Yuki Abe, was really sad when he left due to homesickness, he was a really hard worker. Him and obviously Shinji were well loved by fans during their time here! Hopefully if this signing is for us we will see the same work ethic and hard work on the pitch!

I don’t remember too much love for Yuki Abe tbh. Hard working maybe but little else came from him in midfield. About as effective as Oliver Skipp. 

[Blue-fox]

1 hour ago, funkyrobot said:

I don’t remember too much love for Yuki Abe tbh. Hard working maybe but little else came from him in midfield. About as effective as Oliver Skipp. 

Wash out your mouth sir 

[Guest Bilo]

1 hour ago, orangecity23 said:

Absolute scenes when he turns up at the eki in Leicester, to find that shinkansens and denshas are arimasen, but the densha no repurasumento basu is asoko desu.

 

 

 

[Vindaloo FOX]

4 hours ago, FoxinNotts said:

This guy seems to be going to Reims not us

Good choice, we are a mess, smart man.

Edited 10 January 2025 by Vindaloo FOX

[Deeg67]

Unfortunately the Reims thing is getting spread around the Japanese sites now. 

[Dan]

Gutted - the wait for our first Korean goes on.

[funkyrobot]

10 hours ago, Blue-fox said:

Wash out your mouth sir 

True tho. It would be difficult to create a Yuki Abe LCFC highlights reel because there weren’t many highlights.

[HitchinFox]

Yeah, would make sense. Reims already have two "Japanesey" players on their books. 

[ElusiveEd]

Damn, was looking forward to resurrecting and renaming the lesser known Okazaki song...

 

Hiroki Sekine is having a party

Bring your sushi and wasabi 

Edited 10 January 2025 by ElusiveEd

[FoxinNotts]

If it’s a Japanesey right back we want we should plunder Luton Town for Daiki Hashioka

 

full international 

energetic 

prem league experience already 

circa 6ft tall

probably pick him up for under £3m

 

👀

[Spudulike]

Not sure why we might want players that fly off to the other side of the world during international breaks. Shinji was always knackered when he got back.