Akihiro IENAGA

[Helios]

[Helios]

This guy is a genius, had a brilliant season.

Well, the move to Mallorca is official, hope he'll do better than Nishizawa, Okubo and Nakamura.

[Fiddy]

seems like a good transfer, now with Castro, Perreira, Nsue and Ienaga, Mallorca has some decent wingers

[Fixer]

Good signing, but Fiddy, I think It'll be to replace Castro, who will probably leave in winter. Atlético is one of the teams that want him to cover Simao's place.

[Fiddy]

ah yeah i see, well then i guss they should sign another winger right ?

[ominho]

Shirts name seems to be "AKI".

[Helios]

They have big hopes for him since he was given a golden contract : 5 years, a buyout clause of 18 million Euros. But if I am not mistaken, all their foreigner slots are occupied, he must be loaned I think.

[ominho]

One of Chori Castro, Ratinho, J. Victor or Ienaga has to be dropped from Mallorca's squad. I heard Chori is wanted by Atletico because they sold Simão to Besiktas. If they buy Juanfran from Osasuna not Chori, Ienaga will be loaned IMO.

[ominho]

Now, can he play in la liga?

[brazilianpesfan]

yes. He takes the place of Ratinho.

[Fixer]

Impresive. Good match.

[Helios]

Scored his 2 nd goal of the season and it was a header just like the first. Perhaps we should improve his heading ability.

[Xyder]

Seems reasonable to me, something around 74 would be nice.

[Helios]

Seems reasonable to me, something around 74 would be nice.

Agree, that's exactly the value I had in mind.

[Helios]

I've few changes in mind after watching more of him :

- His progress was often hindered by injuries :
B ---> C

- His first touch/close control of the ball is fantastic, nearly the same level as Honda :
Dribble Accuracy: 83 ---> 84 (+ 1)
Technique : 82 ---> 83 (+1)

- Clearly lacks athleticism and his work rate isn't good enough, he would be the sensation of la Liga if he improves the physical aspect of his game and learns Spanish :
Balance: 78 ---> 76 (-2)
Mentality: 78 ---> 75 (-3)

- I guess this was already discussed before :
Header : 70 ---> 74 (+4).

[Xyder]

Updated and removed Speed Merchant too.

I was watching Mallorca vs FCB in the TV, yesterday at night. He did a decent match, nothing special, he doesn't seem to be so aggresive, he arrives well to 3/4 of the field, with other Mallorca matches that I seen, he isn't afraid to shoot, nice, but he could be a bit more incisive to look for a center to the box... here in Spain we've got players like Reyes on 82 for AGG, or for example, Micheal Pereira, more aggresive than Ienaga it's only 1 point over the japanese, so IMO he could give a little drop there, 81 or 82 it's enough. I haven't seen him with the NT, so... what do you think Helios?

[ominho]

He rarely plays for senior NT(only 2 apps). So, it's difficult to compare him to other japanese since he went to Mallorca. But, considering that Kagawa or Honda are 82 agg now, 82/81 might be enough values.

[Fixer]

He looked to me like a pretty good winger... Mallorca just has three too good wingers for him to compete.

[yuliancho]

He plays for Gamba Osaka, on loan from Mallorca, until 30th June.

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Mallorca official page:
Acuerdo por la cesión de Aki
El futbolista jugará en el Gamba Osaka hasta el próximo 30 de junio
El RCD Mallorca ha llegado a un acuerdo para prorrogar la cesión de Akihiro Ienaga que seguirá en el Gamba Osaka, equipo de la primera división japonesa, hasta el 30 de junio de 2013.

http://www.rcdmallorca.es/principal_new ... 3&idmenu=3