Takefusa Kubo is one of the most popular footballers in Japan and Villarreal is beginning to be adored in his home country.
Since his loan from Real Madrid was announced last week, Villarreal has seen his popularity rise on social media.
Within 24 hours of the announcement, they had 30,000 fans across Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
“On a normal day we have 700,000 impressions on social media, yet we had 8,249,866 on signing day,” said a member of Villarreal.
The press article on the club’s announcement of the 19-year-old’s arrival is already the fourth most read of the last decade.
There is a greater interest in the Villarreal in the Japanese media, with 10 members of the country’s press in its presentation.
You have just arrived at the Estadio de los Angeles Ceramica, but already Japanese soccer enthusiasts are paying more attention than ever to Villos angelesrreal.
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