The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel
Squad21 Feb 2028
A falling-out at Nagoya Grampus
Alex Kouto Horio Pisano and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
6 academy graduates step up at Nagoya Grampus
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
Mateus Castro 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.
The dugout21 Feb 2028
No hiding place for Alex Kouto Horio Pisano
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Alex Kouto Horio Pisano, and the manager let it.
Market21 Feb 2028
Nagoya Grampus promote Kaoru Ueda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kaoru 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
Nagoya Grampus promote Genki Ueda from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Genki 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
One of our own: Daichi Hasebe joins the Nagoya Grampus first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daichi Hasebe is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market21 Feb 2028
Nagoya Grampus promote Junya Mitoma from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Junya Mitoma 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.
Boardroom21 Feb 2028
A promise the Nagoya Grampus board did not keep
There was a commitment, there was a date, and the date went past. Trust at a football club takes years to build and one afternoon to spend.
In brief
- Squad Luis Filipe signs on for more
- Squad Alex Kouto Horio Pisano wants out of the dugout
- Looking ahead A reunion for Yohei Takeda