According to Japanese media Sponichi, 25-year-old Japanese midfielder Hiroshi Fujimoto is also close to Birmingham, a champion who has been promoted to the Championship with free agency.
The media said that during Vicente's five seasons, Hiroshi Fujimoto played 180 official games for the team, scoring 15 goals and assisting 19 times. Since his contract with the team will expire after the end of this season, this has also attracted the attention of some teams, but Birmingham stood out and was close to taking the Japanese midfielder under his command.
The media finally wrote that former J1 League MVP Tomohiro Iwada currently plays for the team and helped the team win the League One championship last season. Recently, another Japanese player, Yukio Kobashi, also had transfer rumors to the team. If the transfer is all done, the team will have three Japanese players playing at the same time in the new season.