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Transfer talk: J-League club says they have offer from Chelsea for Yoshinori Muto

FC Tokyo said on Thursday they had an offer worth roughly £4 million from Chelseafor the young Japan striker Yoshinori Muto, who said he was 'honoured' to receive an offer from the Premier League leaders.

Agence France Presse

April 09, 2015

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Premier League leaders Chelsea have made a formal offer for Japan striker Yoshinori Muto, his club FC Tokyo said Thursday.

Japanese media reported the offer was worth US$5.9 million (Dh21.7m).

“It is true that we have received an official offer from Chelsea for Muto,” said a spokesman for the J-league club.

“But nothing has been decided,” the spokesman told AFP, declining to comment further on details, including the amount of money offered.

However, Sports Nippon said Chelsea offered about £4m, which would be a J-League record from an overseas club.

“I’m honoured to receive an offer from this wonderful team,” the 22-year-old Muto told the sports daily. “But I have not made any decision yet.”

Muto began his professional career at FC Tokyo last year, scoring 13 goals in 33 games to match the first-division record for a player in his rookie season.

The baby-faced striker also made his debut for Japan last year and scored his first international goal in a 2-2 draw against Venezuela in September.

Muto has scored three goals in four games this season, helping FC Tokyo move into joint second place in the J-League standings just two points behind leaders Urawa Reds.

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