Japanese International for Utrecht

[Tanghe the best]

Japans international naar FC Utrecht

UTRECHT, 3 augustus 2003 20:25 - FC Utrecht krijgt voor komend seizoen een Japans international in de gelederen. Het gaat om middenvelder Toshiya Fujita. De 31-jarige speler wordt voor een jaar gehuurd van Jubilo Iwata.
Fuhite, die elf interlands speelde, verklaarde toe te zijn aan iets anders. ''Na tien jaar Iwata is de Nederlandse competitie een prachtige uitdaging.''

So we are loning an Japanese midfielder for a season, haven't got any expectations really, hope he can adjust and show his class. What I've read he sounds promosing.

[Van Der Vaart 23]

so Utrecht gettin on the japanese tour eh.. :)

I guess there'll be many Japanese next year.. It's deffo good for Utrecht's financial status.. a lot of utrecht games will probs be shown live in Japan, more tv income for Utrecht than..

[footie_master]

more income from japan merchandising? lol that only works if he is a very good player and he has to be famous there already...i dont know how good he is though

[Van Der Vaart 23]

Originally posted by footie_master@Aug 4 2003, 12:41 AM
more income from japan merchandising? lol that only works if he is a very good player and he has to be famous there already...i dont know how good he is though
all japanese players who play in Europe are famous in Japan.. if they're not good players, they won't get in Europe, so those players have to be quite good.. since Japan doesn't have many good players.. all these Japanese going to Europe are famous in their country.. same goes for Koreans..

[Knoert]

I heard it's a good player who's got 11 caps for Japan. Let's hope it's true.

[footie_master]

Originally posted by Van Der Vaart 23+Aug 3 2003, 11:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Van Der Vaart 23 @ Aug 3 2003, 11:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-footie_master@Aug 4 2003, 12:41 AM
more income from japan merchandising? lol that only works if he is a very good player and he has to be famous there already...i dont know how good he is though
all japanese players who play in Europe are famous in Japan.. if they're not good players, they won't get in Europe, so those players have to be quite good.. since Japan doesn't have many good players.. all these Japanese going to Europe are famous in their country.. same goes for Koreans.. [/b][/quote]
thats bull...not all those players are famous. Plus the thing that korean players where so popular was also because of their good results at the wc and with hiddink. Thats why footie there is hyped up and not all players are merchandise worthy

[Kastra]

Originally posted by footie_master@Aug 3 2003, 11:41 PM
more income from japan merchandising? lol that only works if he is a very good player and he has to be famous there already...i dont know how good he is though
look at inamoto and li weifeng when he was at everton both s***e but pulled in big audiences in the far east

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by Van Der Vaart 23+Aug 4 2003, 12:24 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Van Der Vaart 23 @ Aug 4 2003, 12:24 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-footie_master@Aug 4 2003, 12:41 AM
more income from japan merchandising? lol that only works if he is a very good player and he has to be famous there already...i dont know how good he is though
all japanese players who play in Europe are famous in Japan.. if they're not good players, they won't get in Europe, so those players have to be quite good.. since Japan doesn't have many good players.. all these Japanese going to Europe are famous in their country.. same goes for Koreans.. [/b][/quote]
Agreed! Just looked at Nam-Il Kim, he had a fan club 100 times the size of the capacity of the Excelsior-ground. While he even failed at Excelsior!!!

[Tanghe the best]

He is famous in Japan. But since a sponsor is paying his transfer fee + salary we probably wont get all the merchandise income. And I still haven't heard confirmation from the club so nothing is sure...

[footie_master]

Originally posted by Tanghe the best@Aug 6 2003, 07:44 AM
He is famous in Japan. But since a sponsor is paying his transfer fee + salary we probably wont get all the merchandise income. And I still haven't heard confirmation from the club so nothing is sure...
its not sure yet? but do you want that player to play at utrecht by the way? This guy already has a sponsor...well you cant say he didnt come un-prepared :rolleyes:

[Tanghe the best]

Originally posted by footie_master+Aug 6 2003, 03:19 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (footie_master @ Aug 6 2003, 03:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Tanghe the best@Aug 6 2003, 07:44 AM
He is famous in Japan. But since a sponsor is paying his transfer fee + salary we probably wont get all the merchandise income. And I still haven't heard confirmation from the club so nothing is sure...
its not sure yet? but do you want that player to play at utrecht by the way? This guy already has a sponsor...well you cant say he didnt come un-prepared :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
We can't and we wont pay a single Eurocent! If the sponsor is able to pay it all he is welcome...

[Knoert]

Originally posted by Tanghe the best+Aug 6 2003, 09:06 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Tanghe the best @ Aug 6 2003, 09:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-footie_master+Aug 6 2003, 03:19 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (footie_master @ Aug 6 2003, 03:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Tanghe the best@Aug 6 2003, 07:44 AM
He is famous in Japan. But since a sponsor is paying his transfer fee + salary we probably wont get all the merchandise income. And I still haven't heard confirmation from the club so nothing is sure...
its not sure yet? but do you want that player to play at utrecht by the way? This guy already has a sponsor...well you cant say he didnt come un-prepared :rolleyes: [/b][/quote]
We can't and we wont pay a single Eurocent! If the sponsor is able to pay it all he is welcome... [/b][/quote]
I wonder if that's true, we all know our technical director Berger very well and he lies very often, so why not this time? I don't trust him anymore...

[Van Der Vaart 23]

ah well I'm sure this japanese guy won't have higher cost than income he's going to give.. I mean Utrecht is surely going to get extra tv money cause of him and there is going to be a lot of japanese press, who'll all pay their ticket and probable the most expensive ones, who maybe wouldn't have been sold otherwise and of course the merchandising of Utrecht things will rise in Japan... ;)

[Tanghe the best]

Originally posted by Van Der Vaart 23@Aug 6 2003, 10:35 PM
ah well I'm sure this japanese guy won't have higher cost than income he's going to give.. I mean Utrecht is surely going to get extra tv money cause of him and there is going to be a lot of japanese press, who'll all pay their ticket and probable the most expensive ones, who maybe wouldn't have been sold otherwise and of course the merchandising of Utrecht things will rise in Japan... ;)
Yeah there are some benefits although the sponsor paying the transfeer fee probably wants to make some cash on it aswell...

Btw he arrived in Utrecht today(trip payed by himself) to vist the ground and the city. We didn't make a bid to him, he offerd himself to Utrecht. Apparently after seeing the cupfinal he loves utrecht and wants to play for us! :clap

[footie_master]

Originally posted by Tanghe the best@Aug 6 2003, 08:41 PM
Yeah there are some benefits although the sponsor paying the transfeer fee probably wants to make some cash on it aswell...


well there are where managers are for...reel in as much money as they can.

well does he gave his opnion about the current strength of the utrecht squad?