EFFECT gila Primary Arhan join Tokyo Verdy, made the British media suggest British clubs to buy Indonesian players. The British media in question was Roker Report, which was amazed by the positive effect Tokyo Verdy received after bringing in Primary Arhan.
Before Pratama Arhan was present, the followers of the Instagram account Tokyo Verdy @tokyo_verdy were only at 36,000. After Primary Arhan officially joined Tokyo Verdy on Wednesday 16 February 2022, the number of Tokyo Verdy’s Instagram followers increased more than 10 times which reached 385,000!
(British media amazed by the huge effect Arhan Primary has brought to Tokyo Verdy)
That fact makes Tokyo Verdy now listed as the Japanese club with the most followers on Instagram. They beat Andres Iniesta’s Vissel Kobe, who are at 282,000.
Not only Primary Arhan. The British media also discussed the names of Indonesian national team players, such as Asnawi Mangkualam (Ansan Greeners) and Shalika Aurela (Roma Calcio Femminile) who had a major impact on increasing the number of followers on their respective clubs’ Instagram.
“Football fans in Indonesia are known to be loyal, passionate and proud when their national team players have a career abroad. The decision of Asian players to play abroad is something that cannot be taken lightly,” wrote the Roker Report.
Therefore, Roker Report suggested the second tier club of the Women’s Premier League, Sunderland, to bring in players from Indonesia or Asia. The goal is clearly to improve the branding of the club.