Highbury Hillbilly wrote:Is he match fit? How much pre-season did he play?
As a child, Tomi initially looked set to follow in the footsteps of his older sisters and join a swimming club. But that all changed when schoolteacher, Kanji Tsuji, visited the apartment blocks in which the Tomiyasu family resided.
Tomi was playing in the hallway, where he was spotted by Tsuji. His speed left the teacher stunned. Tsuji urged Tomi’s parents to take him to a local football club. They obliged, sending him to Sanchiku Kickers’ school programme, where Tsuji was a coach.
“It was a running style that I had never seen before,” Tsuji told Sponichi. “It was like the wind. I had a hunch that maybe he would grow taller... when I let him dribble, there was probably no-one in Fukuoka who had the legs to catch up with him.”
Tomi shone under Tsuji’s guidance, his speed and composure on the ball already setting him apart from the rest. Even at such a young age, Tomi’s ambitions for the future were clear. When asked to describe his dreams for the future at his elementary school graduation, the answer came almost instantly. “I want to become a professional football player,” he responded emphatically.
Takehiro Tomiyasu meanwhile has withdrawn from the Japan squad due to ‘club circumstances’. The 23-year-old has been struggling with calf problems since the summer and missed Arsenal’s pre-season tour of the United States.
Title race?Ach wrote:Takehiro Tomiyasu meanwhile has withdrawn from the Japan squad due to ‘club circumstances’. The 23-year-old has been struggling with calf problems since the summer and missed Arsenal’s pre-season tour of the United States.
What club circumstances?
Arsenal Tone wrote:Title race?Ach wrote:Takehiro Tomiyasu meanwhile has withdrawn from the Japan squad due to ‘club circumstances’. The 23-year-old has been struggling with calf problems since the summer and missed Arsenal’s pre-season tour of the United States.
What club circumstances?