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Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Towser on October 19, 2023, 08:28:18 AM
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Aston Villa is delighted to announce a new collaborative partnership with Japanese club, Vissel Kobe, further strengthening our international network and player development pipeline.
The J1 League side, who currently sit top of the division, join the growing V Sports global network of clubs alongside ZED FC and Vitória Sport Clube from Egypt and Portugal respectively.
As part of this exciting step forward for both clubs, Villa and Vissel Kobe will work to create a bilateral development framework for players and staff which will enhance youth development, alongside the cooperative sharing of ideas, techniques and best practice. The partnership will look to further open up pathways for talented Japanese players to play in Europe and, ultimately, at Aston Villa.
This synergy between the clubs will also extend to first team level, with the exchange of technical knowledge and coaching methodology together with collaboration in the areas of performance, scouting & recruitment, data analysis and overall squad management.
A senior delegation from Kobe will be visiting Birmingham at the end of the month to mark the start of the partnership and two of Vissel Kobe’s talented U16 players will also train with the Villa Academy for the duration of the visit.
The new partnership will also see a Villa Academy team travel to Japan in 2024 to take part in an international tournament.
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Axl...
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I've no beef with that.
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I thought we'd bought a new player for a minute or it was maybe a Japanese gangster.
Interesting though.
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As long as we're not hiring the designer of their shirts..
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Yeah....Axl?
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Could be worse, I suppose.
They're currently top of the league, are owned by Rakuten and are a bit like the Man City of the J League.
I of course, don't like them 😂
If it means Villa being a bit more in the spotlight over here, so be it.
Young Vissel fans will probably now adopt Villa as their English team, which will definitely improve my opinion of them. It is very tiring to see the amount of Man City fans here since (they started cheating their way to success) their strategic partnership with those wankers, Marinos.
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アストン ヴィラ
A su to n Vu i ra
That's how we're known over here.
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Preseason tour of Japan next summer?
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Preseason tour of Japan next summer?
That would be amazing.
Appallingly humid, mind.
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From Wiki - The club was founded in 1966 as the semi-professional Kawasaki Steel Soccer Club.
In 2018 they signed David Villa and Iniesta.
They play in crimson shirts.
I like them already
Up the Vissel!
They will have to work on their nickname though
Nickname - Ushi (cows)
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Would be good to tap in to the Japanese market
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Maybe we will finally have a Japanese player.
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They will have to work on their nickname though
Nickname - Ushi (cows)
They must have seen those DO'L-era shirts we had.
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I see this as an excellent strategic marketing move and an excellent opportunity to tap into the huge football potential in Japan in both support and potential future players
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Aston Villa enter strategic partnership with Japanese club Vissel Kobe. Aim to open path for top talent to play in Europe & ultimately for #AVFC.
Aim to open path for top talent to play in Europe & ultimately for #AVFC. Later this month 2 U16 prospects from current J League leaders will train with Villa academy
The Athletic reports
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https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=64311.0 (https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=64311.0)
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Asics make the shirts for Vissel Kobe (Asics are HQ'd in Kobe).
We had Asics shirts when we beat Yanited in the 93-94 League Cup. And they've also done shirts in the past for Sampdoria, Blackburn, Leeds, Stoke, Portsmouth, Atalanta and Torino, and cuprrently they have a lot of involvement in rugby shirts.
Given the Japanese cultural and national obsession with product quality then, assuming that it's logistically feasible and we can dump them; how about we move to Asics for next season's kit?
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Preseason tour of Japan next summer?
That would be amazing.
Appallingly humid, mind.
It's ok, not like the sweat just sits there on the shirts.
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I've no beef with that.
Wagu?
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From Wiki - The club was founded in 1966 as the semi-professional Kawasaki Steel Soccer Club.
In 2018 they signed David Villa and Iniesta.
They play in crimson shirts.
I like them already
Up the Vissel!
They will have to work on their nickname though
Nickname - Ushi (cows)
Current stomping ground of Juan Mata as well.
Apropos of nothing, it's hard to imagine a nicer set of places to work than David Villa had. A decade across Valencia, Barcelona and Madrid, half a year in Melbourne, four years in New York then finish up with a year in Japan.
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I've no beef with that.
Wagu?
Jonathan Ross ordering a meat-based sauce for pasta?
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You don’t get to hear the big boss very often
https://x.com/avfcofficial/status/1714899348276805814?s=46
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Vissel Kobe currently sits top of the J league.
Some additional info from John Townley about the agreement
https://x.com/johntownley11/status/1715022530690371880?s=46
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From Wiki - The club was founded in 1966 as the semi-professional Kawasaki Steel Soccer Club.
Chris Heck wants them to change to a foundry shaped crest.
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From Wiki - The club was founded in 1966 as the semi-professional Kawasaki Steel Soccer Club.
In 2018 they signed David Villa and Iniesta.
They play in crimson shirts.
I like them already
Up the Vissel!
They will have to work on their nickname though
Nickname - Ushi (cows)
Cows is perfect!
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Andres Iniesta was at Kobe he left due to lack of playing time. I would love for him to have a short term loan here at Villa.
Just till season end to add some class.
Would be fine with Emery playing style and would help with ball rentention and creativity.
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I've no beef with that.
Lost on the masses
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Andres Iniesta was at Kobe he left due to lack of playing time. I would love for him to have a short term loan here at Villa.
Just till season end to add some class.
Would be fine with Emery playing style and would help with ball rentention and creativity.
What? He’s nearly 40 years old. That is probably a really good reason why he didn’t get playing time in Japan.
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I bet he be a stand out player in Europa Conference League.
I think he could cope with the Prem due to his style . Like he could play 20 to 30 minutes.
It's just utilising him to help us control games.
I think certain players are able to carry on well into 30s and early 40s.
Of course he's not prime now however he is technically superb so I think even if he was a player with view to become a coach that would be great as an asset
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Erm…did you miss the bit where he couldn’t get into a Japanese league team. And you expect him to be able to keep up at PL level and in European competition?
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Ahh ok well I can dream
I've always rated him.
I wonder if there are current players we may look to take on.
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Ahh ok well I can dream
I've always rated him.
I only saw him play live once, against Brasil in the 2013 Confederations Cup final. Even though Spain lost, it was incredible to watch his touch.
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I hope the rumours are true I would like to see him play a cameo role
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I think we should bring in Charlie Adam for a trial.
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There's only two Charlie Adams, two Charlie Adams.....
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I have done some research and ZED FC and Vitória Sport Clube are also clubs that have linkages to Villa.
So that's Japan, Egypt and Portugal who all have some of the most talented players in their region.
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I have done some research and ZED FC and Vitória Sport Clube are also clubs that have linkages to Villa.
So that's Japan, Egypt and Portugal who all have some of the most talented players in their region.
That doesn't seem likely. I think we'd have heard about those links before now if they existed.
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Did your research involve reading the press release in the first post of this thread that mentions both of those teams as existing partners?
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I have done some research and ZED FC and Vitória Sport Clube are also clubs that have linkages to Villa.
So that's Japan, Egypt and Portugal who all have some of the most talented players in their region.
Can you find out if the Pope is a Catholic for me? I’m not as good at research as you.
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I assume they don't travel to away games by helicopter.
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Dear Lord.
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I assume they don't travel to away games by helicopter.
One of my favourite ever things is that the name for a helicopter originates from Helico (for circular rotating wings) and Pter (the Latin for flying wings - as in Pterodactyl). So should technically be pronounced helico-pter not helicopter.
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Dear Lord.
Funny. We say that every time you post.
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Dear Lord.
Did you just read one of your own posts?
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I have done some research and ZED FC and Vitória Sport Clube are also clubs that have linkages to Villa.
So that's Japan, Egypt and Portugal who all have some of the most talented players in their region.
Can you find out if the Pope is a Catholic for me? I’m not as good at research as you.
Oh FFS, I was just minding my business on a lovely wooded walk and just had to stand in a big pile of shit with an aroma of honey.
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Has anyone researched whether any of these link ups between clubs - and specifically the fair few we've announced over the years - ever amount to anything tangible? I can't recall a single benefit coming of any of them, but that might be because of my total inability to pay attention.
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Has anyone researched whether any of these link ups between clubs - and specifically the fair few we've announced over the years - ever amount to anything tangible? I can't recall a single benefit coming of any of them, but that might be because of my total inability to pay attention.
Mitoma played at Brighton’s belgian club for at least a season before joining the parent club. i think Brighton might have a few players there.