The Yokohama F. Marinos Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Kashima Antlers come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Yokohama F. Marinos did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $720.0K for Ryo Hatsuse
Yokohama F. Marinos have gone to Gamba Osaka with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos go back to the board over Shumpei Naruse
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $144.6K — a club that wants Shumpei Naruse enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Yokohama F. Marinos
Rubén Blanco and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos bid $140.0K for Shumpei Naruse
The offer went to Kashiwa Reysol this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Yokohama F. Marinos
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Riku Yamane was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos promote Junya Doan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Junya Doan has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Yuki Kubo joins the Yokohama F. Marinos first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yuki Kubo is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Yokohama F. Marinos promote Hotaru Ito from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Hotaru Ito has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
In brief
- Player ratings Naoki Maeda beats them one at a time
- Squad Yokohama F. Marinos are still strangers to each other
- The dugout Yokohama F. Marinos pick somebody else ahead of Ken Matsubara