There are surely few signings in Leeds United’s history that have been as instantly successful and as instantly loved by the fanbase as Ao Tanaka.
Signed on last summer’s transfer deadline day, Tanaka seemed to have been third choice after bids for FC Koln’s Dejan Ljubicic and Sheffield United’s Gustavo Hamer were knocked back, but Daniel Farke has coveted him since he first saw him in Germany’s second division.
His introduction against Cardiff City at the end of September was only his third substitute appearances for Leeds, and he had never come on earlier than the 86th minute.
Since then, no other footballer in the top four divisions of English football has completed over 1,000 passes and more than 50 tackles.
There are surely few signings in Leeds United’s history that have been as instantly successful and as instantly loved by the fanbase as Ao Tanaka.
Signed on last summer’s transfer deadline day, Tanaka seemed to have been third choice after bids for FC Koln’s Dejan Ljubicic and Sheffield United’s Gustavo Hamer were knocked back, but Daniel Farke has coveted him since he first saw him in Germany’s second division.
His introduction against Cardiff City at the end of September was only his third substitute appearances for Leeds, and he had never come on earlier than the 86th minute.
Since then, no other footballer in the top four divisions of English football has completed over 1,000 passes and more than 50 tackles.
There are surely few signings in Leeds United’s history that have been as instantly successful and as instantly loved by the fanbase as Ao Tanaka.
Signed on last summer’s transfer deadline day, Tanaka seemed to have been third choice after bids for FC Koln’s Dejan Ljubicic and Sheffield United’s Gustavo Hamer were knocked back, but Daniel Farke has coveted him since he first saw him in Germany’s second division.
His introduction against Cardiff City at the end of September was only his third substitute appearances for Leeds, and he had never come on earlier than the 86th minute.
Since then, no other footballer in the top four divisions of English football has completed over 1,000 passes and more than 50 tackles.
