The Vissel Kobe Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Vissel Kobe say no — this time
The offer from Ventforet Kofu for Daiju Sasaki was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Yuta Goke
Successful dribbles: 24. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Gotoku Sakai in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Vissel Kobe this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
Daichi Inoue steps up from the Vissel Kobe academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daichi Inoue has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Wataru Doan joins the Vissel Kobe first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Wataru Doan 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
Daiki Kubo steps up from the Vissel Kobe academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Daiki Kubo has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
In brief
- Match Vissel Kobe come up short against Avispa Fukuoka
- Squad 7 new faces, and Vissel Kobe are still learning each other
- Squad Caetano left out for tactical reasons at Vissel Kobe
- Squad Daiya Maekawa has seen what the next man earns