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Takumi Minamino could soon become the first Japanese player to sign for Liverpool.Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund said Thursday his club is in talks with Liverpool over the transfer of the 24-year-old Minamino www.thetopsoccer.com/club-team-kit/chelsea , who impressed in two games between the teams in the group stage of the Champions League this season.“We’re honored by the kind of clubs who are interested in our players,” Freund said on Salzburg’s Twitter page.Minamino, an attacking midfielder who can also play as a forward, joined Salzburg from Japanese club Cerezo Osaka in 2015. He reportedly has a release clause of 7.25 million pounds ($9.5 million).Klopp was very complimentary about the way Salzburg attacked Liverpool in his team’s 2-0 win on Tuesday Cheap Inter Milan Soccer Team Uniform , which sealed the defending champions’s spot in the last 16 and dropped Salzburg into the Europa League.The other two members of Salzburg’s forward line, Norway’s Erling Braut Håland and South Korea’s Hwang Hee-chan, have also been linked with moves away from the club.Shinji Okazaki won the Premier League title with Leicester in 2016, while Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United) www.thetopsoccer.com/club-team-kit/juventus , Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton) and Junichi Inamoto (Arsenal and Fulham) are among other Japanese to have played in England’s top division. BOLOGNA, Italy (AP) — Italy coach Roberto Mancini says he demoted Moise Kean and Nicolò Zaniolo to the under-21 squad in a disciplinary lesson.Kean and Zaniolo showed up late to a team meeting ahead of a European Championship Under-21 match in June.Mancini says, “They didn’t do anything too serious but it will help them for the future, to know how to behave when they’re away from home for 40 days.”Kean Cheap Liverpool Soccer Team Uniform , who recently moved to Everton from Juventus, made his international debut against Finland in a European Championship qualifier in March, when he became the youngest player to score for Italy since 1958.A year ago, Mancini called Zaniolo up to Italy’s team before he made his Serie A debut www.thetopsoccer.com/club-team-kit/manchester-city , with Roma.Zaniolo, a midfielder, went on to have a breakout season with Roma.Italy visits Armenia on Thursday then travels to face Finland three days later in European Championship qualifiers.__