He's had some clangers in a NZ shirt, but surely he's better than J3. Not forgetting Bazeley picked him twice in goal (Australia & Grrece) over the Oct & Nov windows (ALM keepers not picked).
I guess wherever he goes he wants to be the no 1 keeper, after barely playing the last 2 years. From Niche Cache.
Michael Woud:
“First of all, thank you for your experience at Ventforet Kofu. I am sincerely grateful to all those who have supported me. I'm glad that I got the opportunity to participate and contributed to the team. Good luck to the future of Ventforet.”
Confirmation that Michael Woud’s loan at Ventforet Kofu has officially come to an end. The clock has run down and he’s now a Kyoto Sanga player again. But perhaps not for very long because KS had a club function recently in which it was strongly suggested that Woud would be leaving again by the fact that he no longer has a designated shirt number. Kyoto Sanga just signed another goalie so that’s a dead end for him. We already knew that though, didn’t we?
The rumour seems to be that J3 team Nara Kurabu are the frontrunners. That’s a long drop from J1 – even when he went to a J2 club on loan it was more so that he could play Asian Champions League.
Nara Kurabu did finish fifth in 2023 immediately after promotion and will have expectations of rising further up the pyramid, with a Spanish flavour to their coaching staff. Head coach Julián Marín Bazalo has specifically said that they want a few more transfers with goalkeeper being one of the main positions they’re targeting. If there’s any truth to that, we’ll find out in the coming days.
