http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alberto-c4309 Zaccheroni tips Yuto Nagatomo to succeed at Inter Milan
Inter Milan concluded an excellent January of transfers with the capture of rising Japanese wing-back, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Yuto-Nagatomo-c37726. The Nerazzurri acquired the Asian star from AC Cesena on the last day of the transfer window to reinforce a creaking
backline. Nagatomo arrived in Milan on an exchange deal that saw http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Davide-Santon-c10658 go the other way. The move was in risk of collapsing as Santon – one of the best Italian youngsters in peninsula – refused to move away from San Siro, but the club directors assured
the Italian he would be back in the summers, thus paving way for the loan deal.
The switch made Nagatomo the first Japanese player in the club’s illustrious history. Japan manager, Alberto Zaccheroni has broken his silence on the transfer and has tipped the 24-year-old to succeed at San Siro.
“I am confident he’ll do very well at http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/China-c8926 with a side entirely formed of university
students. It’s not a coincidence. At the age of 21, a Japanese football player has technique and tactical nous, but also dedicates himself to learning and culture” Zaccheroni concluded.
For his part, Nagatomo tagged the move as a dream-come-true. With Inter Milan’s first choice left-back http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Cristian-Chivu-c9519 set to sit out a four-match suspension for assaulting AS Bari’s Alessandro Rossi, Nagatomo will have ample opportunities
to impress the Nerazzurri tactician, Leonardo. Inter Milan have lacked the talent to match the quality of marauding right-back, Maicon on the left flank. Nagatomo might be the answer to their worries. The young Japanese made 16 league appearances in first
half of the season for the Sea Horses. With a never-ending stamina, excellent work ethics and a deadly cross on him, many have already tipped the youngster as the best left-back in Serie A.
Furthermore, Nagatomo is eligible to play in the UEFA Champions League, thus adding quality backup to an already star-studded Inter Milan line-up. The Nerazzurri are set to face Bayern Munich in the Champions League knockout stage
and Nagatomo is likely to make his European debut in the same tie. The season just keeps on getting better for the hardworking Blue-Samurai star.
Nagatomo is not the only Asian player who is making the headlines. Borussia Dortmund’s http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Makoto-Hasebe-c23206 have taken Japanese football to a whole new level. Needless to
say, the Asian giants are the superpower of Asian football and European scouts will be hovering in Japanese stadiums looking for more talent.
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