The Kashiwa Reysol Chronicle
The dugout28 Feb 2028
Lazar Romanic says Kashiwa Reysol 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.
Match26 Feb 2028
No end in sight to Kashiwa Reysol's wait for a win
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Kashiwa Reysol has to find a result from somewhere.
Boardroom28 Feb 2028
Deadline passes with 7 signed and 3 gone
That is the business done at Kashiwa Reysol until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Transfer targets28 Feb 2028
The paperwork begins on Mauricio Cabrera
A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Kashiwa Reysol have done the hard part with Nacional, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Koya Yuruki 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 Kashiwa Reysol this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets28 Feb 2028
Kashiwa Reysol rebuffed over Takuma Asano
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Sanfrecce Hiroshima have kept their man, and Kashiwa Reysol go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout28 Feb 2028
No hiding place for Masaki Watai
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Masaki Watai, and the manager let it.
Match26 Feb 2028
A bad afternoon for Kashiwa Reysol against Vegalta Sendai
0‑1 to Vegalta Sendai, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad28 Feb 2028
Nobuteru Nakagawa 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.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- Squad 5 new faces, and Kashiwa Reysol are still learning each other
- Squad Wataru Ueda signs on for more