23 Aug 2026 19:33:43
Hello all, pressed my man in Japan for any info on the youth league development facilities and he said it's pretty much completed now.
Interestingly, he said that Japanese papers are reporting Liverpool are one of the teams making enquiries about Kaishu Sano.
CM that plays for Mainz.
With the departure of Curtis, I guess that would make sense.
This is the first proper rumour I've had from him, so I'm interested to see how it turns out.
23 Aug 2026 20:30:14
Thanks Scintillate, unfortunately, I remember people saying he's got a dodgy past and some controversy about him. I'll say no more.
So it's a hard No from me.
23 Aug 2026 20:39:41
Scintillate, I would love to see him at Liverpool. He has all the attributes that AI needs in the middle of the park. Interesting that Mainz have put a completion date of August 27 to get it done, they need time to find a replacement. Might have some legs to it.
23 Aug 2026 20:48:05
We won the last 2 league with a Japanese in the team. Also he played really well in the World Cup.
23 Aug 2026 20:52:41
Thanks a million. ?
23 Aug 2026 21:13:24
Skezza, thanks for raising this. I wasn't aware of anything, but after doing some research I agree with you, hard pass for me as well. Shame, very good footballer, not so good human by the looks of it.
23 Aug 2026 23:43:29
Don't want his sort. He's a vile man.
23 Aug 2026 22:34:47
He's the last player we should look at. The man is a rapist. Simple and plain. I'd be disgusted if we went for him.
24 Aug 2026 00:15:55
But he wasn't even charged or convicted of rape, Vik.
24 Aug 2026 00:31:52
That's not the point, though, Rigsby. Like Tom Robinson sang
"It's there in the papers, must be the truth."
24 Aug 2026 01:08:47
He may not have been indicted or convicted, but him making a public apology and saying that he's remorseful and that he made a mistake sounds like an admission of guilt to me.
24 Aug 2026 02:42:44
Rigsby will be saying we need to buy Mason Greenwood next.
24 Aug 2026 00:47:12
He paid the victim off and apologised. Not the action of an innocent man. If yous lot are happy with vermin like that then the standards are in the bog. He's vermin.
24 Aug 2026 00:55:18
And WDW defending a sex offender again.
Nice to see where your moral compass, you need your hard drive checking.
24 Aug 2026 06:40:08
WDW wasn't defending him. Calm down Vik, how many did you have last night?
24 Aug 2026 08:28:12
Drac, for what does it sound like an admission of guilt of? Rape?
He might be sorry and have made a mistake but was it for raping someone?
If it was then that sounds like a confession and he should have been charged and convicted but he wasn't.
The Fifth Element, how confident are you about that? Or are you making things up because you didn't like the facts that I posted?
Why not focus on the facts? It's ok to be wrong but making things up about a lie will make you even more wrong.
Vik, WDW and I never said he was an innocent man. Not being an innocent man doesn't mean you are a rapist though.
I'd be interested to know how much you know about Sano and/or the case. Someone being a rapist in your head doesn't mean they are a rapist. He doesn't need to prove he is innocent-and I can't prove he is innocent- but you can't prove that he is guilty of rape either.
So we don't know and it could well be defamation to call him a rapist.
And the old hard drive check chestnut? Why do people use that as an insult or a threat? ?
24 Aug 2026 09:31:42
@Vik, you may need to up the dosage mate.
24 Aug 2026 09:54:59
Okay, let me clear a lot of this up because I also spend a lot of time in East Asia. Your source is full of it and would do well to be selective about what Japanese papers he reads. I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that Liverpool will not be signing Kaishu Sano. There is no point in even discussing it further.
24 Aug 2026 10:06:51
I hope 'pressing your man in Japan' wasn't a euphemism, Scintillate.
24 Aug 2026 14:58:41
Looks like someone forgot to take their meds today.
All over a football rumour - comedy gold.