This one took me by surprise.........although it probably shouldn't have. Defensive MF and longtime Verdy member Kentaro Hayashi agreed to join Ventforet Kofu in their inaugural J1 campaign. Hayshi played 250 of his 257 career matches for Verdy (with a brief pause in Kobe)Hayashi was yellow carded 7 times this season and red carded twice.
It does make sense that he's leaving for a team just starting J1. He's had a long career which is winding down and he won't get too many more opportunities to play first division soccer in the future. Combining this with the loss of Daigo and Yamada's announcement that he's leaving the club and it's been a terrible weekend for Verdy fans everywhere.
Just a recap :Gil, Washington, Daigo and Yoshiyuki Kobayashi, Yoneyama, Soma, Machida, and now Hayashi have all left the team
Yamada is on his way out and MASA-NET has rumors about Takashi Hirano leaving.
Notables remaining are Yoshinari Takagi GK, Masayuki Yanagisawa DF, Gang Jin Lee DF, Jun Tamano MF, Kazuki Hiramoto FW, and Takayuki Morimoto FW.
It's possible Takagi, Hiramoto, Tamano, and Morimoto could all be picked up by J1 or high end J2 teams (or in the case of Morimoto, a European squad). Rough days ahead.
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