Australian defender Thomas Deng (24), who belongs to Albirex Niigata of the Meiji Yasuda Seimei J2 League, revealed that he received a gift from former Spanish midfielder Andres Iniesta (37) who belongs to Vissel Kobe when he was enrolled in Urawa Reds. There is.
Thomas Deng completely transferred from Melbourne Victory in the A-League (Australia 1st Division) to Urawa Reds in January 2020. Although he played 19 games in the J1 League in the 2020 season, he was injured at the end of the season. And in the 2021 season, I was suffering from Growing Pain Syndrome (hip pain) and the condition was not good, so I only participated in 2 league games and 3 games in the YBC Levin Cup, only this season on November 24, last year. Is officially decided to leave the group. Albirex Niigata officially announced the acquisition of the player on January 5th of the year, while he revealed in an interview with Australian media that he wants to continue playing in the J-League.
Such Thomas Deng updated Instagram on the 19th of this month. When I uploaded my appearance with Iniesta’s uniform and posted “I have no words to explain this moment!”, I received many messages of encouragement from soccer fans in my home country.
In addition, the player posted a video of arriving at Denka Big Swan Stadium by car in the story function of Instagram on the morning of the 19th. On the other hand, Albirex Niigata has been holding the first camp at the Haruno Sports Park Athletics Stadium in Kochi Prefecture from 17th this month, but by the 18th, eight athletes were judged to be positive for the new coronavirus, so the activity was suspended. Have been driven into.
