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The Albirex Niigata Post
14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Dec 2026
A fracture rules Augusto Lotti out for 42 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Albirex Niigata will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Jason Geria keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Albirex Niigata may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Albirex Niigata
Augusto Lotti 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.
In brief
- Squad Noriyoshi Sakai falls out with a teammate over standards
- Market Albirex Niigata buy the years ahead of Daichi Haraguchi
- Market Albirex Niigata buy the years ahead of Genki Hasebe