Summer Transfer Market (2)

After wrapping up negotiations with the Japan Football Association, I began transfer talks with the players.

Strictly speaking, transfer negotiations were the club's job rather than the manager's, but I could at least sketch out the broad framework.

‘I am the club.’

Anyway, my opinion tended to carry a lot of weight when it came to signing players.

Anyway.

The Japan Football Association regretted not having a striker position, but Union Berlin's striker spots were already firmly occupied by Lewandowski and Yannick Voigt.

In Yannick's case, he could also play as a right winger, which left only the left-wing spot open.

It's a little awkward to say, but making a Korean and a Japanese player compete for the same position would be a burden not only for me, but also for the Japan Football Association.

This was a slightly different issue from having the two countries compete over jersey sales.

“Th...then there’s nothing we can do,”...