DBasia.news – Shinji Kagawa has been playing in Europe for 8 years with Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United. The former Cerezo Osaka player is one of the Japanese players who successfully performing in Europe.
Kagawa supported Dortmund for two periods, 2010-2012 and 2014 until now. Between the period, the player who was born in Kobe, Hyogo, March 17th, 1989, also played for Man United in 2012-2014.
His career is not only a pride for Asia in Europe but also contributed to two Bundesliga, two DFB-Pokal, one Premier League, and Community Shield titles.
The experience with the Japan national team also brought him to achieve the Asian Cup in 2011. Hence, the 95 caps and 31 goals scorer for Japan national team enjoyed his career path in Europe. Kagawa is the role model for Japanese football who has a dream to play in Europe.
But, entering the end of his career, Kagawa still has a dream to play in Spain. Throughout his career, Kagawa just played for Germany and England. Moreover, this season, Kagawa wasn’t the main choice for Lucien Favre squad.
“I want to solve the current situation as soon as possible. One way is to change the team. I want to change the environment and the challenge,” Kagawa told Nikkan Sports.
LaLiga in Spain is his next target. He heard many positive things from the Spanish colleagues like Juan Mata, David De Gea, and Paco Alcacer.
“I have always been thinking about how I can go to Spain in the last couple of years. I can’t retire without going to Spain,” Kagawa added.
“Spanish colleagues who I’ve had were great, De Gea, Mata, Alcacer … Everyone felt up and shared a lot with private things,” the 29-year-old player continued.
If Kagawa really comes to Spain, he would meet his compatriots like Takashi Inui (Real Betis) and Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe).