The Kashima Antlers Sentinel
Market23 Nov 2026
Yuma Suzuki asks to leave Kashima Antlers
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Tempers go at Kashima Antlers
Naomichi Ueda was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad23 Nov 2026
A row about effort at Kashima Antlers
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Koki Machida was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Yuki Kakita gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The dugout23 Nov 2026
Yuma Suzuki has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Kashima Antlers will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Market23 Nov 2026
The Tomoki Hayakawa question follows Kashima Antlers around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Tomoki Hayakawa’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
In brief
- The dugout Ikuma Sekigawa asks for a word with the manager
- The dugout The manager makes Gaku Shibasaki a promise
- Squad Junya Hasebe back in training