The super couple, Asia's equivalent of Brangelina, are similarly known as Shinjichinose Kagawameri in the tabloid pages of their homeland.
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WTF? He's dating a pornstar? Fergie won't like it. 
Sounds like bs.
In a Japanese TV show in June, Kagawa admitted that his "dream date" would be celebrity actress Masami Nagasawa, said he "has been in love with her for 23 years".
And now we know why Shinji would choose No.26
I also think it's not true. If they're so high profile and the "Japanese Brangelina", why are there no pics of them together?
Still no pictures of him in training?
Whatever his song will be, this will be in it.
Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-Kagawa
Your girlfriend does it on camera
She makes Giggsy go wow-wa-wa-wee-wa
Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-Kagawa
Your girlfriend does it on camera
She makes Giggsy go wow-wa-wa-wee-wa
Ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-ka-Kagawa
kag a kag a kag a kag a kag a kag a
shinji kagawa
kagawa
shinji kakawa
mehh i like yours
shinji kagawa
kagawa
shinji kakawa
mehh i like yours
We should just recycle the Possebon song for Kagawa.
Shin-Jiiiiii
Get's it in yeeeeeee
Just like Amer-iiiiiiii
But none as much as Gigg-siiiiiiiiiiiiiii
Get's it in yeeeeeee
Just like Amer-iiiiiiii
But none as much as Gigg-siiiiiiiiiiiiiii
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...nited-Shinji-Kagawa-Nick-Powell-unveiled.html
Good to see that Fergie isn't planning on shoving him out on the wing.
Good to see that Fergie isn't planning on shoving him out on the wing.
i reckon he'll become my favourite player at OT.
Shinji Kagawa is confident he can adapt to life in the Premier League, but admits his move to Manchester United will provide the "greatest challenge" of his career so far.
Kagawa joined United from Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund last month for £12 million. The transfer is the latest step in Kagawa's rapid rise, following his move to Germany from the J.League's Cerezo Osaka in 2010, and the forward says he is eager to continue this progress at Old Trafford.
"I'm happy to be here and every day I'll take the chance to improve myself and move further up," Kagawa said. "It's definitely the greatest challenge of my career and I hope to learn and improve every day.
"I've always said I have to improve my playing qualities; now I've been here a bit I can really feel the difference. It's a top-level club and environment, and when the other internationals join us it will be even better."
Despite coming under increased media scrutiny in the Premier League, Kagawa insists he is prepared for his move to England and does not anticipate any problems fitting in with his United team-mates.
"I definitely feel the attention of the media globally now. I'm a member of a great club at Manchester United," he said. "I think I can handle the pressure and am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League.
"Everything here shows me it's a really big club and it's a great honour to play here. I want to really contribute by achieving concrete results.
"Language is very important to me. I'm very motivated to learn English; I hope I can learn it quickly so I can communicate with my team-mates very soon."
Meanwhile, United boss Sir Alex Ferguson moved to ease pressure on the Japan international, but also hinted Kagawa could have an immediate impact as the club look to reclaim the Premier League title next season.
"He can give us that bit extra in the final third of the field," Ferguson said. "If his goalscoring record continues, he could be a very good player for us.
"He can start the first league game quite easily. I've got no problem with that. We shouldn't be looking at one player changing the way we play but he could make a difference."
Kagawa joined United from Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund last month for £12 million. The transfer is the latest step in Kagawa's rapid rise, following his move to Germany from the J.League's Cerezo Osaka in 2010, and the forward says he is eager to continue this progress at Old Trafford.
"I'm happy to be here and every day I'll take the chance to improve myself and move further up," Kagawa said. "It's definitely the greatest challenge of my career and I hope to learn and improve every day.
"I've always said I have to improve my playing qualities; now I've been here a bit I can really feel the difference. It's a top-level club and environment, and when the other internationals join us it will be even better."
Despite coming under increased media scrutiny in the Premier League, Kagawa insists he is prepared for his move to England and does not anticipate any problems fitting in with his United team-mates.
"I definitely feel the attention of the media globally now. I'm a member of a great club at Manchester United," he said. "I think I can handle the pressure and am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League.
"Everything here shows me it's a really big club and it's a great honour to play here. I want to really contribute by achieving concrete results.
"Language is very important to me. I'm very motivated to learn English; I hope I can learn it quickly so I can communicate with my team-mates very soon."
Meanwhile, United boss Sir Alex Ferguson moved to ease pressure on the Japan international, but also hinted Kagawa could have an immediate impact as the club look to reclaim the Premier League title next season.
"He can give us that bit extra in the final third of the field," Ferguson said. "If his goalscoring record continues, he could be a very good player for us.
"He can start the first league game quite easily. I've got no problem with that. We shouldn't be looking at one player changing the way we play but he could make a difference."
Link here
So he will be starting with Rooney?
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...agawas-united-love-affair-begins-7939530.html
Charm, talent, cheeky grin. Kagawa's United love affair begins
Alex Ferguson's new £13m midfielder has the flamboyance to handle Old Trafford pressure
by Gareth Purnell
13 July 2012 12:01 AM
Shinji Kagawa manufactured a moment every Manchester United supporter ought to savour while being unveiled as his side's new signing on a four-year deal yesterday. The eyes of the football world were watching when a Japanese journalist asked how he was developing as a player and about the challenge of playing at Old Trafford.
Looking towards his trusty interpreter on the right, Kagawa allowed himself the cheekiest of small grins, excitement silently screaming, before relaying: "I've always said I have to improve my playing qualities; now I've been here a bit I can really feel the difference. I'm happy to be here and every day I'll take the chance to improve myself. It's definitely the greatest challenge of my career."
It was clear to see the midfielder, on looking at the packed press room and answering questions, knew he had arrived and that this was his destiny. Looking at him taking all this in, you sensed someone special might be embarking on a love affair with the Premier League.
The possession of a confidence crucial to becoming a success was evident, but that was exuded safe in the knowledge there are a magnitude of reasons why Sir Alex Ferguson decided to pay Borussia Dortmund £13m for his services.
Kagawa was able to charm his fellow countrymen who had flocked to Old Trafford – something the outgoing South Korean Park Ji-Sung has never properly grasped during his time in England. The personalities of the two are starkly different. Park mirrored his play on the pitch off the field as a functional speaker, while the new, bright-eyed flamboyance of Kagawa's first public outing should be paralleled when the new season starts in earnest next month.
"I definitely feel the attention of the media globally now. I'm a member of a great club at Manchester United. I think I can handle the pressure and am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League," he said.
That adapting, his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, explained, is as much mastering the language as anything else. The footballing basics of taking onboard instructions without the need of translation need to be learned.
Kagawa did not know the German language while at Dortmund, but it is clear that a pre-requisite of his big move was that he would learn English. Ferguson joked that he could even attempt Scottish if that were easier. "Language is very important to me," Kagawa said. "I'm very motivated to learn English; I hope I can learn it quickly so I can communicate with my team-mates very soon."
Playing behind the striker is his forte. Kagawa's movement between the lines was something Ferguson's side lacked last season, where for spells they looked too one-paced to win the title. He has a willingness to get beyond the striker and has the ability to unlock defences as devastatingly as David Silva – skills Wayne Rooney will have observed with relish. That is before looking at his goalscoring record. Kagawa netted 17 goals for Dortmund last season, including the opener in the German Cup final against Bayern Munich and a fine finish against Arsenal in the Champions League. Dortmund captured him for a measly €350,000 two years ago – the transfer fee represents quite a return for them following back-to-back Bundesliga titles. For United, sentences such as "everything here shows me it's a really big club and it's a great honour to play here, I want to really contribute by achieving concrete results", endear him to the supporters and represent a realisation that he needs to hit the ground running.
Kagawa has the charm and the talent to be a success at United. But news filtered out yesterday that he turned down the famous No 7 shirt. We'll have to wait and see if he has the temperament...
Charm, talent, cheeky grin. Kagawa's United love affair begins
Alex Ferguson's new £13m midfielder has the flamboyance to handle Old Trafford pressure
by Gareth Purnell
13 July 2012 12:01 AM
Shinji Kagawa manufactured a moment every Manchester United supporter ought to savour while being unveiled as his side's new signing on a four-year deal yesterday. The eyes of the football world were watching when a Japanese journalist asked how he was developing as a player and about the challenge of playing at Old Trafford.
Looking towards his trusty interpreter on the right, Kagawa allowed himself the cheekiest of small grins, excitement silently screaming, before relaying: "I've always said I have to improve my playing qualities; now I've been here a bit I can really feel the difference. I'm happy to be here and every day I'll take the chance to improve myself. It's definitely the greatest challenge of my career."
It was clear to see the midfielder, on looking at the packed press room and answering questions, knew he had arrived and that this was his destiny. Looking at him taking all this in, you sensed someone special might be embarking on a love affair with the Premier League.
The possession of a confidence crucial to becoming a success was evident, but that was exuded safe in the knowledge there are a magnitude of reasons why Sir Alex Ferguson decided to pay Borussia Dortmund £13m for his services.
Kagawa was able to charm his fellow countrymen who had flocked to Old Trafford – something the outgoing South Korean Park Ji-Sung has never properly grasped during his time in England. The personalities of the two are starkly different. Park mirrored his play on the pitch off the field as a functional speaker, while the new, bright-eyed flamboyance of Kagawa's first public outing should be paralleled when the new season starts in earnest next month.
"I definitely feel the attention of the media globally now. I'm a member of a great club at Manchester United. I think I can handle the pressure and am pretty confident I can adapt to the style of the Premier League," he said.
That adapting, his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, explained, is as much mastering the language as anything else. The footballing basics of taking onboard instructions without the need of translation need to be learned.
Kagawa did not know the German language while at Dortmund, but it is clear that a pre-requisite of his big move was that he would learn English. Ferguson joked that he could even attempt Scottish if that were easier. "Language is very important to me," Kagawa said. "I'm very motivated to learn English; I hope I can learn it quickly so I can communicate with my team-mates very soon."
Playing behind the striker is his forte. Kagawa's movement between the lines was something Ferguson's side lacked last season, where for spells they looked too one-paced to win the title. He has a willingness to get beyond the striker and has the ability to unlock defences as devastatingly as David Silva – skills Wayne Rooney will have observed with relish. That is before looking at his goalscoring record. Kagawa netted 17 goals for Dortmund last season, including the opener in the German Cup final against Bayern Munich and a fine finish against Arsenal in the Champions League. Dortmund captured him for a measly €350,000 two years ago – the transfer fee represents quite a return for them following back-to-back Bundesliga titles. For United, sentences such as "everything here shows me it's a really big club and it's a great honour to play here, I want to really contribute by achieving concrete results", endear him to the supporters and represent a realisation that he needs to hit the ground running.
Kagawa has the charm and the talent to be a success at United. But news filtered out yesterday that he turned down the famous No 7 shirt. We'll have to wait and see if he has the temperament...
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Good to here SAF talking about him playing behind the striker. Gives us good options for a 4231.
I really can't see him being forced into CM. Itd be hard enough to make the transition before considering the language barrier. How on earth you'd expect to teach him to play in a new position and adapt comfortably if e can't speak English I don't know.
I really can't see him being forced into CM. Itd be hard enough to make the transition before considering the language barrier. How on earth you'd expect to teach him to play in a new position and adapt comfortably if e can't speak English I don't know.
Don't you remember when we played Carrick, Giggs, Rooney and Welbeck, against Wigan? We got taken up the ass, and it, along with the Everton match, cost us the title.
Having Carrick, Kagawa, Rooney and Welbeck, is pretty much the same.
The only change is having Kagawa in for Giggs. That's not a massive change at all; both play as AM's. Rooney's not at his best playing in a structured mf role, either.
People ought to stop making such imbalanced formations. The last 4141 we did, as i said, was at wigan, and that's far too imbalanced and crazy.
We are far too open as it is, in our 442, let alone 4141.
4231. Welbeck can earn his starts.
He already has.
"4141", eh? He's made a bollox of writing out the formation but the team is fine. Believe it or not, Wigan wasn't the only game we played with Carrick and Giggs behind two strikers.
"4141", eh? He's made a bollox of writing out the formation but the team is fine. Believe it or not, Wigan wasn't the only game we played with Carrick and Giggs behind two strikers.
I think as the season progresses we will start to see who is a more lethal combo attacking wise - Rooney and Kagawa or Welbeck and Rooney. If Welbeck can improve his finishing and gain some more strength, then it might be a close battle. But right now I vote for the first combo of Rooney and Kagawa.
I mean earning his starts when hes competing against both hernandez and kagawa. Last season he only competed with the former. Sometimes he just isnt going to play, when we go for a conservative 451 or 4231 ie hard away matches. I wasnt using the carrick giggs example in that way, i was using it to show how potentially tactically unsound it is. People may remember the match but not the reason we lost, which was getting overrun in the midfield. We played several with those 2, and rarely won the midfield battle, despite having carrick. Saf said that its almost impossible to win 3v2 after we played barca in 2011.
Agree with Rooney and Kagawa for now.
Also would be intriguing to see Kagawa and Welbeck...
Did anyone else notice how rested Fergie looked? I think he's even lost weight on his face. Feels like he's really chomping at the bit for this season to start...
Haha
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A 4-4-2 with him in CM ala Giggs should be on the cards against the weaker teams. That will be limiting his attacking ability but a 4-4-2 allows us to play Welbeck together with Rooney in his best position.
4-5-1 with him behind Rooney against the bigger teams.
4-5-1 with him behind Rooney against the bigger teams.
That depends on how willin he is to get stuck in. If he's not than we can get easily get over run, particularly so as most smaller teams will play 451.
Kagawa will make his debut behind Chicharito tomorrow.
Really looking forward to this, sky plus will be on record. I have to say that I'm extremely excited about Kagawa.
Really looking forward to this, sky plus will be on record. I have to say that I'm extremely excited about Kagawa.
Kagawa will make his debut behind Chicharito tomorrow.
Really looking forward to this, sky plus will be on record. I have to say that I'm extremely excited about Kagawa.
Why would the game be on Sky?
mutv.
What are you going on about Will
Yes, of course. I have Sky and will be watching it on MUTV as well.
Isn't MUTV a channel on Sky? Last time a looked it was, so that's how I will be watching it on Sky.
I predict Kagawa Shinji Will score a goal, get an assist, and be MOM on his debut
17/07/2012
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog.
Wrapped up 2 months stay in Japan and here I am in Manchester, my new home.
The city and architecture is quite different from Dortmund, where I spent the last 2 years of my life, and I still feel like I am a tourist – everything is new and exciting.
Finally, I’ve stepped into “the king of the club”, Manchester United. Its history, players, and significance of the logo … everything is nothing but “wow”. I’ll be wearing the famous red jersey and playing what I love, football, as a part of The Red Devils — I can’t express how happy I am and it’s so overwhelming — I just become speechless.
In the last couple of days, I’ve been training and getting used to the environment here. Though I haven’t met all the players yet, I want to get used to the team as son as possible — to do so, I’ll strive to train my physical and mental skills and prepare myself to the upcoming tour and season.
Back in Dortmund — when there was no game I spent a lot of time, relaxing myself. This strategy turned out to be great to prepare for each game. Suburb Manchester is very relaxing and the time is flowing very slowly. I think this is a great environment for a football player.
Anyways, I’ll concentrate on the training sessions and get used to the new environment!
Plus, I’ve got to work on my English! (Quite different from German…)
Finally, a message to all the supporters in Dortmund. Thank you very much for your support for the last 2 years. The stadium’s zealous and overwhelming atmosphere, all created by the supporters — the whole Dortmund experience will remain on my heart forever. Because of your support and cheering, I became who I am, and I am standing where I am now. Thank you to all the Dortmund supporters, and I’ll strive, and put the best effort in the new environment.
Shinji
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog.
Wrapped up 2 months stay in Japan and here I am in Manchester, my new home.
The city and architecture is quite different from Dortmund, where I spent the last 2 years of my life, and I still feel like I am a tourist – everything is new and exciting.
Finally, I’ve stepped into “the king of the club”, Manchester United. Its history, players, and significance of the logo … everything is nothing but “wow”. I’ll be wearing the famous red jersey and playing what I love, football, as a part of The Red Devils — I can’t express how happy I am and it’s so overwhelming — I just become speechless.
In the last couple of days, I’ve been training and getting used to the environment here. Though I haven’t met all the players yet, I want to get used to the team as son as possible — to do so, I’ll strive to train my physical and mental skills and prepare myself to the upcoming tour and season.
Back in Dortmund — when there was no game I spent a lot of time, relaxing myself. This strategy turned out to be great to prepare for each game. Suburb Manchester is very relaxing and the time is flowing very slowly. I think this is a great environment for a football player.
Anyways, I’ll concentrate on the training sessions and get used to the new environment!
Plus, I’ve got to work on my English! (Quite different from German…)
Finally, a message to all the supporters in Dortmund. Thank you very much for your support for the last 2 years. The stadium’s zealous and overwhelming atmosphere, all created by the supporters — the whole Dortmund experience will remain on my heart forever. Because of your support and cheering, I became who I am, and I am standing where I am now. Thank you to all the Dortmund supporters, and I’ll strive, and put the best effort in the new environment.
Shinji
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I heart shinji.
I less than 3 Shinji.
Great to hear that he actually likes Manchester, hopefully it suppresses those 'dreams of Madrid/Barcelona'
He might be disappointed though if he expects Dortmund's home crowd atmosphere to be the standard at OT.
He might be disappointed though if he expects Dortmund's home crowd atmosphere to be the standard at OT.
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