Calciomercato Sampdoria, the purchase of the captain of Japan Maya Yoshida is official (photo from social networks)
GENOA – The Sampdoria transfer market closes with the purchase of Maya Yoshida from Southampton and with the sale of Gianluca Caprari to Parma. The Japanese Yoshida, who is the captain of the Japanese national team with 100 appearances and 11 goals, arrives outright from Southampton. Caprari instead was sold to Parma, this transfer was made official by the release of the Gialloblù.
“Parma Calcio 1913 communicates the purchase from Sampdoria on a temporary basis until 30.06.2020 with the option right for the definitive acquisition in favor of Parma of the player Gianluca Caprari (Rome, 30.07.1993). The player is traveling with the team and has been called up for the match against Cagliari ".
Calciomercato Sampdoria, everything you need to know about Maya Yoshida.
He left Japan as a young man to try his luck in Europe. After exploding with the Dutch VVV-Venlo shirt, on 30 August 2012 he was sold to Southampton with which he signed a three-year contract.
With the English club, he played for eight years, making a total of 157 appearances with 9 goals. He is very strong in aerial play and for this reason he is also asserted in the opponents' penalty area.
He was part of the Japanese selection that took part in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 and of the one that won the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar under the guidance of the Italian coach Alberto Zaccheroni.
On November 14, 2019 it reaches 100 appearances with the Japanese selection (source Wikipedia).
Source: Blitz Quotidiano