{"id":182,"date":"2025-06-03T04:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4q7jq2n.top\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/zico-warns-japan-players-not-to-follow-brazilians-into-transfer-trap\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T04:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T19:33:17","slug":"zico-warns-japan-players-not-to-follow-brazilians-into-transfer-trap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudfclub.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/03\/zico-warns-japan-players-not-to-follow-brazilians-into-transfer-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"Zico warns Japan players not to follow Brazilians into transfer trap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Zico believes it was “not a coincidence” that Kobe won two straight J. League titles after Iniesta left the club in 2023.<\/p>\n

“It’s an investment. Having a player of Iniesta’s level at your club motivates everyone,” he said.<\/p>\n

“You learn because he’s a winner, it improves the performance of the other players and it motivates the supporters. Everything grows.”<\/p>\n

Kashima currently top the J. League, even if the days when they could sign Brazilian World Cup winners like Jorginho and Leonardo are long gone.<\/p>\n

Zico joined the club when they were in the semi-professional second division and they have since won the J. League a record eight times and the Asian Champions League once.<\/p>\n

Zico visits Kashima regularly to interact with fans and sponsors, as well as working with the club’s youth section.<\/p>\n

He says the club is “like my son”.<\/p>\n

“I watched it being born, grow and become what it is now,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We have been able to take my experience in professional football and put it into practice here. <\/p>\n

“A son is like that — you educate him and watch him go through life.”<\/p>\n

\u00a9 2025 AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kashima (Japan) (AFP) \u2013 <\/span> Zico was instrumental in Japan’s development as a football nation and has warned that players are moving to Europe too young, citing his native Brazil as a cautionary tale. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Issued on: 03\/06\/2025 – 06:33<\/span>Modified: 03\/06\/2025 – 06:44<\/span><\/p>\n

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