Kakeru Funaki

Left Back - Albirex Niigata
5 Aug 2026
Wednesday
Process
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Events

10
Severity
Mood

  1. He has started to want: The manager’s trust

    Mind

  2. Contract extension signed

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $1.1M/y

  3. Contract renewal offered

    Decision
    Movement
    4y · $1.1M/y
    Who
    Inoue Nagatomo

  4. Named team captain

    Major
    Cause
    The manager and senior staff settled on him to lead the squad.

  5. Anxious about his expiring contract

  6. Reassured by the manager's half-time message

    Minor
    Cause
    The team were behind, and the manager needed a response.
    Outlook
    Trend is improving — relationship should keep strengthening.

  7. Personality clash with Matheus Moraes

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  8. Personality clash with Tetsuya Kato

    Minor
    Cause
    Their personalities have rubbed against each other for a while now. It played out behind the dressing-room door, away from the cameras.
    Outlook
    Likely to settle unless repeated within the next few weeks.

  9. Signed a new contract

    Moderate
    Cause
    He committed to the project on terms both sides could live with.

  10. Unsettled by the squad wage hierarchy

    Moderate
    Cause
    The squad's wage hierarchy is the underlying issue. The gap to the squad's top earners has become a daily reminder.
    Outlook
    Contract request risk increased.