Incoming Tottenham defender Kota Takai has already proven he can deal with Premier League class forwards subsequent season.
The Japan worldwide is set to hitch Spurs from Kawasaki Frontale in his homeland in a £5million deal.
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Takai’s transfer represents a report charge for a Japanese participant leaving the J1 League and he’s anticipated to hitch up with the first-team squad.
Spurs followers have now been advised what to anticipate from the 20-year-old centre-back.
Regardless of his age, Takai has already made 78 first-team appearances for Kawasaki, who he gained the Japanese Cup with in 2023.
He has additionally picked up 4 caps senior worldwide caps since making his debut in September.
Japanese soccer skilled Alan Gibson believes Takai’s physicality can be key to his success in England.
Notably, the defender has already confronted a trio of former Premier League stars forward of his transfer to the divison.
Chatting with Hawksbee & Baker, Gibson defined: “He is very, excellent. He is very quick.
“He is registered at 6 foot 4, 6 foot 3 and a half, which may be very uncommon for a Japanese participant and must be an issue within the Premier League if dimension issues.
“And he is solely about 80, 82, 83kg in the intervening time. So he would possibly want a little bit of beefing up”
He continued: “I believe a number of the highlights you have in all probability seen had been within the Asian Champions League semi-final when he performed in opposition to Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane and Jhon Duran, and principally he had them in his pocket all sport.
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“I did not realise Ronaldo was enjoying for about 60 minutes. Critically, I used to be watching it on a small display screen, and I actually had forgotten that Ronaldo was there.”
Kawasaki noticed off Al Nassr 3-2 within the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League again in April.
Takai was capable of maintain out each Cristiano Ronaldo and Jhon Duran as his aspect reached the ultimate, the place they had been crushed by Saudi membership Al Ahli.
He’s now set to carry his tempo and energy to north London this summer time as a part of Thomas Frank’s Spurs rebuild.
A pair of everlasting signings have already been confirmed by the membership forward of the brand new season.
Each Mathys Tel and Kevin Danso have arrived following preliminary mortgage spells in the course of the second half of final time period.
In the meantime, Croatian defender Luka Vuskovic will make his long-awaited arrival.
The 18-year-old agreed to hitch Spurs from Hajduk Break up again in 2023.
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