The Urawa Reds Gazette
Market14 Dec 2026
Danilo Boza puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Urawa Reds, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout14 Dec 2026
Renji Hidano says Urawa Reds went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Real improvement from Jumpei Hayakawa at Urawa Reds
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Jumpei Hayakawa is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Words exchanged at Urawa Reds
Ken Krolicki 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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Kento Ueda out for 19 days
The medical room confirms 19 days on the sidelines for Kento Ueda, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market14 Dec 2026
The Samuel Gustafson talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Urawa Reds know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Squad Ado Onaiwu has seen what the next man earns
- The dugout Akira Haraguchi knocks on the manager’s door
- The dugout The manager plants his flag on Danilo Boza