The Kawasaki Frontale Chronicle
Market1 Feb 2027
Derik Lacerda 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 The request is on a desk at Kawasaki Frontale, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Marcinho wants to go home
“I have tried. I have really tried, and every day I wake up in the wrong place.” Nobody at Kawasaki Frontale can coach that out of a man, and nobody there is pretending to.
Transfer targets1 Feb 2027
Door shut on Danilo Boza
Kawasaki Frontale asked and Urawa Reds said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market1 Feb 2027
Kento Minamino steps up from the Kawasaki Frontale academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Kento Minamino 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
Takefusa Sakai steps up from the Kawasaki Frontale academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Takefusa Sakai 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
One of our own: Hiroki Ito joins the Kawasaki Frontale first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hiroki Ito is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Takehiro Mitoma stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Takehiro Mitoma and Kawasaki Frontale agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Sota Miura knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Kawasaki Frontale, and both men came out saying it was fine.
The dugout1 Feb 2027
Jesiel gets picked when it counts
Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Jesiel is on it.
In brief
- Squad A promotion for Sota Miura
- Squad Kawasaki Frontale take the armband off So Kawahara
- The dugout Takehiro Mitoma gets it from the manager