Bayern Munich sign http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gamba-Osaka-c39399 youngster Takashi Usami – Bundesliga news
Bayern Munich have signed Gamba Osaka youngster, Takashi Usami, if reports in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 are to be believed. According to widespread rumours, the player has signed a season-long loan deal with the Munich giants with the club having the option to buy the midfielder
at the end of the season for an estimated fee in the 1.5 million to 3.5 million Euros.
Usami’s performances have attracted interest from some of the top clubs in Germany including Bayern Munich, Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen. But the Bavarians were said to be leading the race to acquire his signature and the deal has finally been agreed.
The player would be joining the club in time for the preseason training.
The Gamba Osaka midfielder will join a strong Japanese contingent in Germany which includes http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Makoto-Hasebe-c23206 of Wolfsburg.
Bayern Munich’s new manager, Jupp Heynckes, wants to promote young talent in his ranks and has already acquired 2.Bundesliga top goal scorer for the last season, Nils Petersen. The club are also reportedly in talks to sign http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nicklas-Bendtner-c27726,
and Reading forward, Shane Long.
VfB Stuttgart’s former defender, Guido Buchwald, had also praised the young midfielder as a phenomenal talent and had revealed that the Munich giants have showed interest in signing the player. Buchwald compared the Japanese U-19 international to Bavarian
duo, Franck Ribery and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arjen-Robben-c6521, and maintained that the midfielder could be a bright prospect for the future of the club.
“Usami is one of the biggest talents around in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Japan-c2928. He has a similar player as Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, although he obviously is not of the same level just yet,” he was quoted as saying in an interview.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Total-c40747 of 55 appearances for Gamba Osaka and scored 15 goals in the process. The 19-year-old has played 16 times for the Japanese U-17 team and 13 times for the U-19 side, finding the net on 10 and 5 occasions respectively.
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