Rento Takaoka

[Nolan]

just wanted to post this Rento Takaoka goal

 

[kjurwi]

Japanese Messi😁

[S-Clarke]

In the snippets I've seen, this guy looks good. I think it's easy to forgot we've got him coming back into our 11 next year, and he certainly looks Championship quality - probably higher than that.

Looking forward to seeing him.

[Nolan]

1 minute ago, S-Clarke said:

In the snippets I've seen, this guy looks good. I think it's easy to forgot we've got him coming back into our 11 next year, and he certainly looks Championship quality - probably higher than that.

Looking forward to seeing him.

This is the one who's not yet 18. Coming in in 5 weeks.

[Saint_clark]

Christ this multi club model is getting confusing, I can't even remember which players are coming to us from other clubs next summer.

[S-Clarke]

32 minutes ago, Nolan said:

This is the one who's not yet 18. Coming in in 5 weeks.

Oh yes, good point. I was thinking of Kuryu Matsuki at Goztepe, who equally looks decent tbf.

[benjii]

What is a Rento Takaoka?

[skintsaint]

He will see much of that standard defending in training when he arrives.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

What is a Rento Takaoka?

It's a Takaoka that you pay a sum for each month, but never fully own.

[Whitey Grandad]

7 minutes ago, Holmes_and_Watson said:

It's a Takaoka that you pay a sum for each month, but never fully own.

I thought that was his brother Leaso?

[Holmes_and_Watson]

4 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I thought that was his brother Leaso?

I thought that was Ted Leaso, a soccer ball manager you could hire for the month.

[SNSUN]

1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

Christ this multi club model is getting confusing, I can't even remember which players are coming to us from other clubs next summer.

There's another Juan we've loaned out but I can't remember his name.

[Osvaldorama]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

What is a Rento Takaoka?

Pretty sure they’re a pest control company 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

1 minute ago, SNSUN said:

There's another Juan we've loaned out but I can't remember his name.

Not Juan Club then. 🙂

[Nolan]

As a reminder Saints sign Rento Takaoka on pre-contract | Southampton FC Official Site

[goodymatt]

Turns 18 on 12th March 2025.

[Matthew Le God]

 

 

[benjii]

1 hour ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

Yes!!!

Take that, Syria U20s!!! Don't mess with the Super Saints.

[SuperSAINT]

The Japanese Michael Owen who was the English Marians Pahars.

[Matthew Le God]

 

 

[sockeye]

Suppose he’ll be playing for the U21s then? For his sake, hope he has a growth spurt due

[Nolan]

We'll find out when he comes into training.

He played in Japan's U21 game June 14th so will be back later than a lot of players.

[Saint Fan CaM]

Meh

[swannymere]

1 hour ago, sockeye said:

 hope he has a growth spurt due

Being short really held back Maradona and Messi.

[Patrick Bateman]

Well he has a song ready ... 

I thought I heard the old man say (hoo!)
(Ren, Takoak-a, too-rye-ay)
He really hates pompey (hoo!)
(Ren, Takoak-a, too-rye-ay)

 

 

[Verbal]

I clicked on that youtube link you absolute bastard.

Edited 27 June, 2025 by Verbal
Oh god my ears

[Dman]

1 hour ago, swannymere said:

Being short really held back Maradona and Messi.

I mean, neither played in England. 

[Disco Stu]

15 minutes ago, Dman said:

I mean, neither played in England. 

They've both made the English look like fools on several occasions though.

[SWLondon Saint]

1 hour ago, Dman said:

I mean, neither played in England. 

N'golo Kante seemed to do just fine at a towering 5'6"...

[Toadhall Saint]

4 hours ago, Disco Stu said:

They've both made the English look like fools on several occasions though.

Not hard that.

[Matthew Le God]

Japanese research team rate him very highly for FM26

Edited 27 June, 2025 by Matthew Le God

[Matthew Le God]

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Edited 27 June, 2025 by Matthew Le God

[Dusic]

Guessing the above was MLG thinking Kuryu Matsuki (pictured today at Solent Uni with Yuki Sugawara) was Rento Takaoka, and then backtracking with drivel about FM researchers?

Edited 27 June, 2025 by Dusic

[Matthew Le God]

5 minutes ago, Dusic said:

drivel about FM researchers?

What makes it drivel?

[Göztepe]

6 hours ago, SWLondon Saint said:

N'golo Kante, 1.68 boyunda olmasına rağmen gayet iyi iş çıkarmış gibi görünüyor...

Football has changed a lot recently, short players are now a weakness. Don't give an example of PSG Fabian Ruiz and PSG, who tolerate them, have an unlimited budget, teams with low budgets like ours should not take the risk of short players.