The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Yuya Asano keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Nagoya Grampus may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets22 Feb 2027
No thanks: Leandro Godoy rejects the move
Nagoya Grampus had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at CSKA Sofia, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Match20 Feb 2027
The wait goes on for Nagoya Grampus
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Sho Inagaki 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 Nagoya Grampus this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Nagoya Grampus
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Words at Nagoya Grampus training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ryuji Izumi is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Transfer targets22 Feb 2027
Door shut on Leandro Godoy
Nagoya Grampus asked and CSKA Sofia said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market22 Feb 2027
One of our own: Hotaru Osako joins the Nagoya Grampus first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hotaru Osako is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market22 Feb 2027
Nagoya Grampus promote Takehiro Ueda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Takehiro Ueda 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
- Market Ko Ueda steps up from the Nagoya Grampus academy
- Market One of our own: Sho Kamada joins the Nagoya Grampus first team
- Player ratings Nothing got past Akinari Kawazura