Meiji Yasuda Life J1 League Urawa Reds officially announced on the 8th that it will participate in the practice of FW Tsutomu Kihara (19) Thailand 1st Division Muangthong United. However, it appears that not only Tsutomu Kihara, but also Japan U20 representative DF Tatsuya Fukushima (20), transferred on loan to SC Sagamihara this season, has been sent to Muangthong. On the 8th, the main Thai media “Siam Sports” reported.
Urawa Red Diamonds signed a partnership memorandum with Muangthong in September 2019. One of the objectives of the alliance is to “exchange human resources centered on young actors as needed”. Also, after signing the memorandum, it was reported locally that Muangthong FW Adisak Kraisorn’s Thai national team (31) and MF Weerathep Pompang Thailand’s national team (26) could move to the Urawa Reds and Tsutomu Nishino TD last month. . (Technical Director) inspects Muangthong’s home game. When he responded to interviews with local media, he revealed that he was including more players as candidates for the takeover.
Meanwhile, Urawa Reds has announced that Tsutomu Kihara will participate in Muangthong training from the 9th of this month to the 1st of next month as part of the partnership. On the other hand, Muangthong’s official Twitter account posted an image of Tsutomu Kihara and wrote: “Two Urawa Red Diamonds players and a coach are on the way.”
Furthermore, “Siam Sports” reports that Tatsuya Fukushima will be sent to Thailand with Tsutomu Kihara. Tatsuya Fukushima was promoted to the Urawa Red Diamonds first team last year. Last season, in his first year as a professional player, he only appeared in three games of the YBC Levain Cup, and this season he also started in two games at SC Sagamihara, where he was transferred on loan. There is no round after the match against Ehime FC on 10 April.
Furthermore, SC Sagamihara still has two league games and on the 20th of this month the last round of the J3 championship will be played, against Matsumoto Yamaga. As there is no official announcement from the Urawa Reds, it is possible that Tatsuya Fukushima will travel to Thailand after all SC Sagamihara’s official matches.
