The Gamba Osaka Herald
Market21 Feb 2028
Gamba Osaka get their man
The chase for Koki Ogawa ended with $5.2M changing hands and Jubilo Iwata out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Gamba Osaka
Ritsu Doan 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.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
5 academy graduates step up at Gamba Osaka
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.
Squad21 Feb 2028
Ryoya Yamashita falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets21 Feb 2028
Door shut on Hayao Kawabe
Gamba Osaka asked and Yokohama F. Marinos said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market21 Feb 2028
Gamba Osaka promote Wataru Suzuki from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Wataru Suzuki 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.
Market21 Feb 2028
Gamba Osaka promote Kento Ueda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kento 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.
Market21 Feb 2028
Gamba Osaka promote Kaoru Honda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kaoru Honda 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.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
Tokuma Suzuki 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 Tokuma Suzuki is on it.
In brief
- Looking ahead Diego faces his old club
- Squad Koki Ogawa signs the deal of his life
- Looking ahead Gamba Osaka host Sagan Tosu