Junya Ueda

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Nagoya Grampus
17 Aug 2036
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522 Edition

The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel

28 Jul 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market28 Jul 2036

Kalifala Doumbia has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nagoya Grampus they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Market28 Jul 2036

Nagatomo Kawashima agrees terms with Vegalta Sendai

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Nagoya Grampus people have started saying his name in the past tense.

Match26 Jul 2036

7 matches without a win for Nagoya Grampus

The run now stands at 7, and the questions being asked around Nagoya Grampus are no longer polite ones.

Market28 Jul 2036

Akira Miyoshi puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Nagoya Grampus, and it is not being withdrawn.

The dugout28 Jul 2036

Junya Ueda says Nagoya Grampus 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.

Boardroom28 Jul 2036

Nagoya Grampus to lose Kalifala Doumbia for free

There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Kalifala Doumbia has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.

Match26 Jul 2036

4 matches without a goal for Nagoya Grampus

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 4 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad28 Jul 2036

Words at Nagoya Grampus training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Kalifala Doumbia is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Transfer targets28 Jul 2036

Kawasaki Frontale tell Nagoya Grampus: Tokumo Kawai is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

In brief

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501 Edition

The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel

3 Mar 2036
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match1 Mar 2036

Chastening afternoon for Nagoya Grampus

A 0‑4 beating by Yokohama F. Marinos was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

Market3 Mar 2036

Nagatomo Kawashima has said yes to Ventforet Kofu

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Nagoya Grampus have lost him in all but the paperwork.

Transfer targets3 Mar 2036

Nagoya Grampus rebuffed over Hayate Matsuda

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Albirex Niigata have kept their man, and Nagoya Grampus go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Market3 Mar 2036

Ko Kawashima has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nagoya Grampus they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad3 Mar 2036

A row about effort at Nagoya Grampus

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Kalifala Doumbia was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Boardroom3 Mar 2036

Nobody left the Nagoya Grampus dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

Squad3 Mar 2036

Words exchanged at Nagoya Grampus

Tomoya Kubo 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.

Squad3 Mar 2036

Junya Ueda signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Junya Ueda and Nagoya Grampus agree another 4 years.

The dugout3 Mar 2036

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 0‑4 Interim Coach left the room before anybody could ask which.

In brief