OFFICIAL: Real Madrid sign Japanese Messi'

Real Madrid sign 'Japanese Messi' Kubo for Castilla as 6th summer move

Real Madrid have confirmed the signing of 

FC Tokyo forward Takefusa Kubo on a six-

year contract, the club have confirmed.

Real Madrid's summer spending is far 

from done, and it's not only big-money 

signings being made. 

Kubo, who has been nicknamed ‘the 

Japanese Messi’, then signed for FC 

Tokyo but he celebrated his 18th birthday 

earlier this month and is subsequently 

available to return to European football.

The Japan Under-20 international is said 

to have caught the attention of sporting 

directors of ‘Europe’s biggest clubs’, while 

the Catalan giants dropped out of the 

running - Paris Saint-Germain and 

Manchester City were also linked.