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Fulham midfielder
Junichi Inamoto |
Fulham midfielder Junichi Inamoto has been called into the Japan squad for their friendly against Nigeria on August 20, an announcement that will upset The Cottager's manager Chris Coleman.
The Premiership side have a game against Everton on August 23 giving the midfielder only three days to recover from his trip to Tokyo.
The Brazilian coach has elected to name all his European based players except for Feyenoord's Shinji Ono who is injured.
Zico has won just twice in ten matches since he took over as coach of the Japanese national team and has now decided to call on his star names in a bid to improve results, despite previously stating they would only play in friendlies in Europe.