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The sporting leadership of Hannover 96 around managing director Marcus Mann and sports director Ralf Becker is on the best way to set up an almost completely new squad for the second division season starting at the weekend. Foreign strikers Daisuke Yokota, successfully last season at the 1. FC Kaiserslautern, is already the 16th new addition to the red this summer. The 25-year-old comes from Kaa Gent from Belgium, 96 will have a purchase option in the coming year.
“Daisuke is an offensive player with a profile that suits us very well,” said Hanover’s sports director Mann on Tuesday afternoon. “He has a good start, is extremely agile and movable in one-on-one and also has its strengths in the switching game. In addition, there is a good train to the goal-he is looking for the end by moving to the center, but can also play the last or penultimate pass.” In addition, Yokota can be used flexibly on the outside and in the center. “In the 2nd Bundesliga, he has already proven to play in the previous season. We are pleased that he chose Hannover 96 and strengthened our team.
Last season Yokota was involved in seven goals for the Red Devils in 25 second division games. There he was mostly used in the offensive midfield, but occasionally also played on the right wing and increased its market value from 2 million to 2.5 million euros – this would make him the second most valuable access of Hanover this summer and also the second most valuable professional in the squad. In Germany, Yokota also played between 2018 and 2020 for the U19 of FSV Frankfurt and the second representation of Carl Zeiss Jena.
Yokota about Hannover 96: Talks “very appreciative and positive”
Yokota said: “I am very happy to be part of Hannover 96 now. I really wanted to change here because I found the conversations as very appreciative and positive. Those responsible clearly showed me how I fit into the game system with my strengths and where I can help the team. Now I want to give everything on the square.”
It was recently intensively associated with FC St. Pauli, but a transfer to Hamburg failed. The Kiezkickers wanted to commit Yokota firmly, according to the “picture”, Ghn called for 2 million euros. However, since the Japanese last suffered from pubic inflammation, the Bundesliga club was therefore too great the risk of such an investment.