TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese striker Takefusa Kubo joined Real Madrid on Friday, with the Spanish La Liga club hailing the 18-year-old as 'one of the most promising youngsters in world football'.
TOKYO - Japanese striker Takefusa Kubo joined Real Madrid on Friday, with the Spanish La Liga club hailing the 18-year-old as"one of the most promising youngsters in world football".
"Takefusa Kubo will come in to strengthen the Castilla ranks next season," La Liga side Real said in a statement on their website. Kubo, who made his Japan debut against El Salvador earlier this month, impressed for table-topping J League side FC Tokyo. Kubo’s arrival in Madrid will not be his first taste of Spanish soccer, having joined Barcelona’s famed La Masia youth academy aged nine.
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