Word: tsuneyasu
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...These punk rockers of the soccer pitch are deceptively dangerous. The player with the Mohawk, Kazuyuki Toda, is a defensive pest, perpetually in the faces of opponents. "My job is to do the dirty work," he says. Co-defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto is so hyperkinetic it's a wonder he hasn't broken more than his nose, which was injured during a practice game and now requires the protection of a leather mask. On offense, Shinji Ono supplies the fancy footwork and sets up the pair of fair-haired attackers?Inamoto and the slightly disheveled beach bum of the two, Takayuki...
...footballers has as much to do with balance sheets as it does ball skills. Having a Japanese player on the squad could yield a club rich revenues in broadcast deals and merchandise sales in Japan. When West Ham United, an English side, unsuccessfully attempted to sign Gamba Osaka's Tsuneyasu Miyamoto earlier this year, then-manager Harry Redknapp quipped: "I think we've already sold 200,000 shirts in Japan on the back of it. By the time we've finished I could have enough money to buy Rivaldo." Case in point: Nakata, who even before he kicked a ball...
...unremarkable spell at Spanish side R.C.D. EspaNyol? And how much playing time will Inamoto get in an Arsenal midfield that already boasts players like Robert Pires and?for now, anyway?Patrick Vieira? When English side West Ham United embarked on an unsuccessful attempt to sign Gamba Osaka's Tsuneyasu Miyamoto earlier this year, then-manager Harry Redknapp quipped: "I think we've already sold 200,000 shirts in Japan on the back of it. By the time we've finished I could have enough money to buy Rivaldo...
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