The Gamba Osaka Herald
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Gamba Osaka make their move for Taiki Watanabe
$1.7M on the table at Yokohama F. Marinos. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Market10 Aug 2026
Kashima Antlers come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and Gamba Osaka did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ritsu Doan signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ritsu Doan commits to Gamba Osaka for another 5 years.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Gamba Osaka go back to the board over Taiki Watanabe
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $1.8M — a club that wants Taiki Watanabe enough to be asked twice.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ryoya Yamashita runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Gamba Osaka
Ritsu Doan 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Ryo Hatsuse moves on
Avispa Fukuoka pay $450.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Market10 Aug 2026
Eyes on Hiroki Noda again
The phone has started ringing about Hiroki Noda again, and this time the name on the line is Avispa Fukuoka. Gamba Osaka are listening politely and promising nothing.
Market10 Aug 2026
Gamba Osaka promote Shinji Hasebe from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Shinji Hasebe 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
- Match Deniz Hümmet the difference as Gamba Osaka beat Jubilo Iwata
- Player ratings The afternoon belonged to Deniz Hümmet
- Transfer targets Gamba Osaka ask about Everton Galdino