Kennedy to join J-League

June 20th, 2009 | By: Pat | 3 Comments »

Socceroo spearhead Josh Kennedy is set to sign for Japanese side Nagoya Grampus. Having spent a frustrating decade in Germany bouncing between a handful of clubs, The World Game reports that Kennedy is looking to finish his overseas adventures in the land of the rising sun. His height obviously makes him standout in the J-League, and this could be music to Pim’s ears as it will finally mean that his number one striker will be getting regular game time in a very decent league. Good luck to Jesus, hopefully the move will finally kick off his career. As yet, there are no reports of Timmy Cahill joining him…

Tags: Group F, J-League, Josh Kennedy, Nagoya Grampus, Pim Verbeek, Socceroos, Tim Cahill

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By Kieran | June 21st, 2009 at 6:37 pm

Damm, not sure if thats the right move for him, I would have preferred to see him go to England, but I guess Japan’s a pretty good league.

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By Pat | June 22nd, 2009 at 2:48 am

With his height and the love of the long ball by second rate English teams it’s always been a wonder of mine as to why he never got a club there. If Peter Crouch can craft a niche as a spearhead at Liverpool and Portsmouth, then surely Jesus can at least get a run with Stoke, Hull or most of the Championship teams. I can just imagine Rory Delap tossing forty meter throw ins onto Kennedy’s noggin for plenty of goals… it’ll be like the EPL version of Stockton to Malone!

This might be a semi-rushed decision on his part to get a club where he’ll play regularly with an eye on World Cup selection. We’ll see what happens after the Cup, especially if he has a good tournament. Maybe if he scores a couple of goals in the WC Real will buy him for 100 billion since they need someone who Kaka and Ronaldo can run off.

Maybe not.

By Kieran | June 23rd, 2009 at 3:30 am

Lol we can always hope, that would be the first Aussie at Madrid would it not? But yer I think Stoke would have been a great club for him, but maybe next year

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