Presence effect Primary Arhan from Japanese League helped make the top club Vissel Kobe the arrival of comments from netizens from Indonesia.
The presence of Pratama Arhan has proven to have a significant impact in increasing the number of Tokyo Verdy’s followers on social media accounts such as Instagram.
Tokyo Verdy’s number of followers, which initially stood at 30 thousand, skyrocketed past 200 thousand followers in just one day.
Not only the Tokyo Verdy Instagram account that was flooded by Indonesian netizens, but also the Vissel Kobe Instagram account.
Vissel Kobe, which competes in the J1 League, is said to be the club with the highest number of Instagram followers. They have 279 thousand followers.
Now, Vissel Kobe’s upload is also enlivened by Indonesian netizens. A number of Indonesian netizens predict that Tokyo Verdy’s followers will pass Vissel Kobe in the near future.
Another comment also said that Vissel Kobe should immediately recruit Indonesian players to match the popularity of Tokyo Verdy, who had just recruited Pratama Arhan.
In Vissel Kobe’s last three uploads, even the majority of comments were filled by netizens from Indonesia.
The certainty of Pratama Arhan joining Tokyo Verdy adds to the long list of young Indonesian national team players who have careers abroad. Previously, names such as Egy Maulana Vikri, Witan Sulaeman, and Asnawi Mangkualam had worked abroad.
The presence of these players has also been proven to increase the number of followers of each club on social media.
(ptr / jun)
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