2026 World Cup squad predictions and thoughts
Moriyasu will announce the squad on Friday, who do you think is going and who would you like to see go to the World cup?
My prediction:
Zion Suzuki, Keisuke Osako, Tomoki Hayakawa
Takehiro Tomiyasu, Ayumu Seko, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Shogo Taniguchi, Ko Itakura, Hiroki Ito, Junnosuke Suzuki
Ritsu Doan, Yukinari Sugawara, Kaishu Sano, Joel Chima Fujita, Wataru Endo, Daichi Kamada, Ao Tanaka, Kaoru Mitoma, Junya Ito
Takefusa Kubo, Yuito Suzuki, Keito Nakamura, Kodai Sano
Ayase Ueda, Koki Ogawa, Daizen Maeda
I reckon most of the players are already settled. The injury issues means that there is uncertainty. Despite Mitoma's injury he's so important to Japan that I think he'll get selected with the hope that he recovers for the knockout stage. So what do you think?