According to the French media "Provencal Newspaper", Marseille is interested in re-introducing Japanese defender Hiroki Sakai, a 31-year-old Japanese player currently playing for Urawa Red Diamonds in the J-League.
The media said that in fact, in this winter window, Marseille intends to join hands with Hiroki Sakai again, but unfortunately the transfer cannot be carried out for various reasons, and Marseille has put the Japanese defender into the transfer list of the summer window. However, it is not known whether Marseille summer window can introduce Hiroki Sakai as desired, affected by the transfer case of Senegalese midfielder Guye, Marseille may be punished by FIFA for not being allowed to bring in reinforcements in the next two transfer windows, and the team is currently appealing.
Hiroki Sakai moved from Marseille to Urawa Red Diamonds in July last year, where he played 14 J-League games for Urawa Red Diamonds and scored two goals. He played for Marseille from July 2016 to July 2021.
(Jaden)
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