The Gamba Osaka Herald
Match23 Nov 2026
Gamba Osaka are in among the leaders
Position 3 and 25 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Gamba Osaka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Taiki Watanabe was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at Gamba Osaka
Eli Adams and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Taiki Watanabe gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Taiki Watanabe is on it.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
No hiding place for Issam Jebali
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Issam Jebali, and the manager let it.
Market23 Nov 2026
The Shota Fukuoka question follows Gamba Osaka around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Shota Fukuoka’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
A door opens for Takeru Kishimoto
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Rin Mito asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Good reports on Deniz Hümmet
The word out of the training ground is that he has been the sharpest man there all week. It is the quietest story a paper carries and it usually runs the week before somebody's run in the side begins.
In brief
- Squad Nagatomo Mitoma is fit again
- Loan watch Makoto Mitsuta's loan at Kashiwa Reysol nearly up