Last season, Kubo was loaned to Mallorca. Appearing 23 times as a starter in LaLiga, he scored four goals and five assists.
Real Madrid young player from Japan, Takefusa Kubo (19 years), officially loaned to Villarreal as of Monday (10/8).
Prior to Villarreal, Kubo was linked with three other clubs, namely: Sevilla, Ajax and Real Betis.
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Kubo will be serving a second loan spell. In the 2019/20 season, he was loaned by Madrid to Real Mallorca. Apes, Los Bermellones finished 19th and were thrown into the Segunda Division.
Together with Mallorca, Kubo is able to appear impressive. The 173 centimeter tall teenager made 35 appearances in the Spanish LaLiga, 23 of which started and contributed four goals and five. assist.
Kubo was brought in by Madrid from the J1 League club, FC Tokyo, earlier this season for an undisclosed transfer fee.
Before being “schooled” to Mallorca, Kubo had not had time to inhabit the main squad competitively. He only had coach Zinedine Zidane deployed at the 2019 International Champions Cup (ICC) pre-season tournament.
Madrid had registered Kubo as a Real Madrid Castilla player. However, an offer from Mallorca earned the owner of seven caps in the Japanese national team on loan.
In addition, Villarreal is also reportedly one step away from bringing in Valencia’s midfield pair Dani Parejo and Francis Coquelin, for a total of € 13 million.
As for last season, Villarreal finished fifth with a collection of 60 points. The squad which is directed by the new coach, Unai Emery, also has the right to qualify for the Europa League next season.
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