After Minamino, Kitano! The runner-up of the Olympic Super League signs the forward of the Japanese national youth team, and the transfer fee may be only 400,000 euros

The mainstream European leagues have basically ended the 2024-25 season. Official news about changing coaches, renewing contracts, signings, terminations, etc. are coming one or two of the latest news they see every day. Friends who are interested can continue to pay attention. The runner-up of the Olympic Super League, Salzburg Red Bull, officially announced that it would introduce 20-year-old Japanese national youth team forward Sata Kitano from Sakura, Osaka.

Salzburg Red Bull officially announced that it will sign a contract with Kitano Sata until the end of June 2029. Speaking of this transfer, Kitano himself said: "My primary goal at Red Bull Salzburg is to win the championship with the team, and achieve personal competitive and personality growth. Although I have not met with my new teammate Takumi Kawamura, after the transfer is confirmed, I have contacted him and expressed my expectations for side-by-side fighting. My game is characterized by being good at activities in areas that are difficult to cover in defense, and having the ability to score goals and assists."

Salzburg Sports Director Schroeder said: "We have been paying attention to Kitano Sata for a long time and conducted in-depth investigations. This player with balanced feet has both creativity and fighting spirit, has extremely high work efficiency, and is a perfect team-type ball A 20-year-old Kitano is from Sakura's own youth training. He has just been promoted to the first team in the 2023 season. He has 68 games in Japan's top league experience, contributing 8 goals and 5 assists. He has 4 goals and 5 assists in 21 games this season. He has 4 goals and 5 assists. He has 21 games in this season and is able to compete in front midfielder, shadow striker, and left and right wingers. Therefore, Salzburg Red Bull officially calls him an "all-round attacker." It is revealed that Salzburg's introduction of Kitano this time defeated the competition from his own rival Vienna, Austria, and the transfer fee is expected to be only 400,000 euros, which is lower than the German transfer's valuation of Kitano's 600,000 yuan.

Kitano will meet with his teammate Takumo Kawamura. The 25-year-old Kawamura plays as a midfielder. He joined Salzburg for 1.5 million euros during the transfer last summer, but his position is relatively marginal and has only 8 opportunities to play in the 2024-25 season. Kitano became the sixth Japanese player in Salzburg's history. In addition to Kawamura, the previous four were Sanzhu, Miyamoto Hiroyashi, Okugawa Masaya and Takumi Minamio.