Takefusa Kubo becomes a new Real footballer convinced that his time has come. “That’s what I came here for,” he says, as to whether it’s his turn to exploit his talent for his performance. The Japanese, spontaneous, with a short and direct speech, considers it key to have protected himself by a long contract that provides him with stability.
La Real “is the team that best suits my style,” underlines Kubo, determined to sign for the txuri urdin team because “they were the first” to be interested in signing him and because of “the enthusiasm and interest they put in me”.
Kubo knows the Real, “from the outside”. He gives him the feeling that he arrives at “a very young team, with a lot of desire”. He aims very high by setting the first goals of him: “I have seen two Japanese win the last Europa League, why not try it?”, He launches, with unexpected ambition.
Kubo is attracted to joining “a strong team, with very good players” and is clear that “I can’t ask for more”. There is expectation around his figure, in the media in Japan, but also at the state level due to the fact that he comes from Real Madrid. “I don’t demand that anyone think well of me, I speak on the pitch,” says the Japanese international.
For the first time since he landed in the League, Kubo leaves Real Madrid to sign for another team. All that precedes it are assignments, which “have a good part and a bad part” for the Asian. “I am calmer without being transferred”, admits, with total clarity, the attacker. Kubo emphasizes that “in the positions that I usually play, they are among the most competitive here”, at Real. “I see myself on the right wing, inside… I guess I’ll start on the right wing, but I have no idea,” he explains.
21 years old has a Kubo who emphasizes that “at this point I am no longer young. I play football because I like it, this pressure thing… I prefer not to look at the opinions and watch matches. I get along well. It is impossible for there to be teams They don’t have competition.”
Kubo was spontaneous. “A friend of mine is a big fan of Silva,” he launched. “And the others want to visit the city and try his food,” he adds. The Japanese player has more new teammates in mind, with whom he burns with the desire to share a dressing room: “It was very difficult for me to play against Zubimendi in the Olympic Games,” Kubo says, expressing that “I want to meet everyone as soon as possible.”
The minute Kubo talked about himself as a person, not as a footballer, was close. “I like to watch soccer games, read books and talk a lot, although when there are so many cameras I control myself a bit,” he said.