The Avispa Fukuoka Herald
The dugout22 Feb 2027
Yuma Obata says Avispa Fukuoka went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad22 Feb 2027
Tomoya Miki 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 Avispa Fukuoka this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom22 Feb 2027
Graduation day at Avispa Fukuoka
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad22 Feb 2027
A row about effort at Avispa Fukuoka
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Werik Popo was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets22 Feb 2027
Avispa Fukuoka rebuffed over Tiago Caballero
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Olimpia have kept their man, and Avispa Fukuoka go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market22 Feb 2027
One of our own: Yosuke Maeda joins the Avispa Fukuoka first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Yosuke Maeda 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
Avispa Fukuoka promote Ritsu Doan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Ritsu Doan 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.
Market22 Feb 2027
Shoya Osako steps up from the Avispa Fukuoka academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Shoya Osako 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.
Match20 Feb 2027
Avispa Fukuoka find a way past Ventforet Kofu
Ventforet Kofu made Avispa Fukuoka work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
In brief
- Boardroom Avispa Fukuoka sign off a bigger ground
- Player ratings Tomoya Miki takes the honours
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Yu Hashimoto