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The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad17 Aug 2026

The knee: Yuya Yamagishi out for 36 days

36 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Nagoya Grampus lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.

Market17 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus turn down Arouca for Mateus Castro

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Kensuke Nagai scores twice — 8.81

Two goals and a mark of 8.81 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus make their move for Karim Konaté

$7.8M on the table at Red Bull Salzburg. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus bid $3.4M for Fedor Lapoukhov

The offer went to CSKA Sofia this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus rebuffed over Yuma Suzuki

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

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

No thanks: Oumar Diakité rejects the move

Nagoya Grampus had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Stade de Reims, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad17 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Nagoya Grampus

Sho Inagaki and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words at Nagoya Grampus training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ryuji Izumi 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.

In brief

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The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No deal for Sheraldo Becker at that price

Nagoya Grampus offered $1.7M; Mainz 05 said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Oumar Diakité due for a Nagoya Grampus medical

Everything agreed with Stade de Reims, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Nagoya Grampus

Sho Inagaki 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus promote Genki Minamino from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Genki Minamino 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus promote Junya Inoue from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Junya Inoue 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.

Market10 Aug 2026

Ritsu Kamada steps up from the Nagoya Grampus academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ritsu Kamada has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Keisuke Minamino joins the Nagoya Grampus first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Keisuke Minamino is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Match8 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus come up short against FC Tokyo

FC Tokyo left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Words at Nagoya Grampus training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Teruki Hara 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.

In brief

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The Nagoya Grampus Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad3 Aug 2026

Yohei Takeda has been here 10 seasons

123 appearances across 10 seasons in one shirt. Nobody builds a career like that on purpose any more; it happens to a certain kind of footballer at a certain kind of club.

Transfer targets3 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus bid $1.3M for Sheraldo Becker

The offer went to Mainz 05 this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Market3 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus say no — this time

The offer from Newcastle Jets for Alex Kouto Horio Pisano was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market3 Aug 2026

Mateus Castro has his eye on Europe

It is not a grievance and it is not a demand: he wants to play continental football, and he has stopped hiding it. Whether Nagoya Grampus can give him that is a question about the club, not about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Sho Inagaki stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Sho Inagaki and Nagoya Grampus agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad3 Aug 2026

Sho Inagaki 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 Nagoya Grampus this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad3 Aug 2026

A row about effort at Nagoya Grampus

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

Match1 Aug 2026

Shonan Bellmare take the points off Nagoya Grampus

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Market3 Aug 2026

Nagoya Grampus and Sho Inagaki are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief