Shinji Kagawa came from Cezera Osaka

Have faith. People will go to the usual conclusions, but the Asian market is quite exploitable and most players cost peanuts. Think of all the money we'll make back through shirt sales!1!!1

Been off here for a while. Seems to have grown hugely. Good stuff.

Indeed, Asia is one of the fast growing football markets in the world today. There's massive investment (being able to pay mega bucks for Drogba is a good example) and in turn massive focus on development of young players to increase international reputations.

Kim Bo-Kyung, in a wealth of new talent, is considered one of the best wingers in the whole of Asian football, and most definetely the best young winger out there.

I just hope if we sign him we go up first season otherwise he may be one of those players we lose to a premiership club getting promoted. If he sticks around then fair play but I get the idea his agent sees us as nothing more than a stepping stone club.

RedIsTheWay wrote:I just hope if we sign him we go up first season otherwise he may be one of those players we lose to a premiership club getting promoted. If he sticks around then fair play but I get the idea his agent sees us as nothing more than a stepping stone club.

I think it's inevitable unless we rise meteorically. As I said his coach says he is better than Park Ji-Sung at the same age and he went to United. Nothing we can do if that happens with him.

Hopefully, with a tidy profit though

Saying that, we might be getting ahead of ourselves a little.