Japan FA President Pushes Premier League Pipeline for Japanese Talent. Infantino Traveling in Asia – WTOP News
Miyamoto said nine Japanese players are already in Premier League clubs and urged more to join England to aid development.
- On Wednesday, Japan Football Association President Tsuneyasu Miyamoto told Asian Football Confederation delegates in Tokyo that the English Premier League offers the 'best environment' for developing Japanese talent.
- Currently, nine Japanese players compete in the English Premier League while eight others play in second-division clubs, a baseline Miyamoto seeks to expand.
- FIFA President Gianni Infantino is traveling across Asia seeking support for a fourth term from AFC member associations during the two-day meeting in Tokyo.
- With Europe largely opposing Infantino and Africa offering wide support, the AFC's 47 member associations represent crucial swing votes for the March presidential election.
- Infantino apologized last week for 'mistakes' made assembling a now-scrapped $4.2 billion World Cup sell-off plan, with opposition candidates having until November 18 to declare.
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Japan FA president pushes Premier League pipeline for Japanese talent. Infantino traveling in Asia – WTOP News
TOKYO (AP) — The best place to develop Japanese talent is in the English Premier League, the president of the Japan Football Association told continental soccer
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Japan FA president pushes Premier League pipeline for Japanese talent. Infantino traveling in Asia
TOKYO (AP) — The best place to develop Japanese talent is in the English Premier League, the president of the Japan Football Association told continental soccer delegates Wednesday.
[SPORTS CHOSEON PARK SANG KYUNG] I wonder if the plan, which sounded like a bluff, will come true. I am interested in the blueprint proposed by the president of the Japan Football Association, Miyamoto Tsuneyasu. According to Japan Sports Hochi, Chairman Miyamoto gave a speech on the path that Japanese soccer has taken and the future prospects of Asian soccer after being a speaker at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Association President-D…
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