According to the British press, the Tottenham Club reached an agreement to recruit the Japanese center -back Kota Takai from Kawasaki Frontale.
The Tottenham side agreed to a 5 million pound fee to bring Takai to the Premier League in the summer of 2025. The 20 -year -old plans to join coach Thomas Frank's main squad in the near future.
Thus, Takai became the player sold abroad with the highest price of the Japanese championship, surpassing the previous record belonging to Kyogo Furuhashi, the striker joined Celtic from Vissel Kobe in 2021.
Earlier, Takai was in the sights of Tottenham's Johan Lenting Technical Director and was expected to develop as strong as other young talents of the club such as Lucas Bergvall, Pape Matar Sarr and Destiny Udogie.
The Japanese center -back will stand side by side with Cristian Romero, Micky Van de Ven, Kevin Danso and Radu Dragusin in Tottenham defense next season. Tottenham hopes Takai can carry the responsibility if Romero comes to Atletico.
Currently, Takai is the Japanese national player with 4 appearances. He also played in all matches in J1.League this season for Kawasaki Frontale, scoring 2 goals.
In addition, Takai also played 9 times at the AFC Champions League 2024/25. Last season, Takai participated in the Kawasaki Frontale squad that won the Japanese Super Cup. He also received the best young player award in this time. Before welcoming Takai, Tottenham soon completed two other deals, Danso and Mathys Tel.
Tottenham has not shown signs of stopping at the summer transfer window. The London Club is actively competing with MU in the recruitment of Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford. And yet, Tottenham also wants to own Eberechi Eze, who also had the 2024/25 season extremely explosive in Crystal Palace with 14 goals and 11 assists.