Urawa Reds has an unusual decision to make the 15th player leave the team with just three weeks until the season starts.

Roughly speaking Urawa Reds defender Takuya Ogiwara has been transferred to Leuven OH in Belgium's first division on loan. A total of 15 players left the team this off-season, with several key players also leaving the team. Urawa is carrying out large-scale player changes in preparation for the first year of the J.League season. Read article