The incoming Tottenham defender Kota Takai has already shown that he can master the strikers of the Premier League class next season.
The Japan national player will take part in his home country with a 5 million pound deal with Spurs of Kawasaki.
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Takai’s step represents a record fee for a Japanese player who leaves the J1 league, and he is expected to join the first team group.
Trace fans have now been communicated what she was expecting from the 20-year-old central defender.
Despite his age, Takai has already made 78 appearances by the first team for Kawasaki, with whom he won the Japanese trophy in 2023.
Since his debut in September, he has also picked up four international caps caps caps of Caps.
Japanese football expert Alan Gibson believes that Takai’s physicality in England will be the key.
Remarkably, the defender was exposed to a trio of former stars of the Premier League stars before moving to the department.
In an interview with Hawksbee & Baker, Gibson said: “He is very, very good. He is very quick.
“He registered 4, 6 feet for 3 and a half at 6 feet, which is very unusual for a Japanese player and should be a problem in the Premier League if the size is important.
“And at the moment he is only about 80, 82, 83 kg.
He continued: “I think some of the highlights they probably saw were in the semi -finals of the Asian Champions League when he played against Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Jhon Duran, and basically he had her in his pocket.
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“I didn’t know that Ronaldo played about 60 minutes. Seriously, I saw it on a small screen and I had really forgotten that Ronaldo was there.”
Kawasaki recorded Al Nassr in the semi -finals of the AFC Champions League in April in the semi -finals.
Takai was able to keep both Cristiano Ronaldo and Jhon Duran away when his team reached the final, where they were beaten by the Saudi club Al Ahli.
He will now bring his pace and power to Nordlondon as part of Thomas Frank’s Spurs resignation this summer.
Before the new season, a few permanent obligations by the association were confirmed.
Both Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso arrived in the second half of the last term after the first rental spells.
In the meantime, the Croatian defender Luka Vuskovic will give his long -awaited arrival.
The 18-year-old agreed to join Hajduk Split Spurs in 2023.
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