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We have apparently bid £3million for him, he is an 18-year-old Japanese midfielder who won Asian Young Footballer of the Year last season. Japan is a hotbed of young talent these days with more and more going to Europe now as Kagawa did to Dortmund.
The report says Mancini has watched footage of him and would implement him straight into the first team squad if we're able to sign him. "IF" not only depending on whether the club sells but whether the old boys allow him a work permit. Angelo Henriquez (same age) got one for United but that's United.