In Matchday 4 of La Liga on September 7 local time, Real Sociedad beat Elche away 3-2 despite having a man sent off. Kubo Takefusa was left out of the squad entirely for the first time this season, and Kenyan international Oyie Otieno, who took his place on the right flank, scored his first-ever La Liga goal. On 5ch, posters pointed to the stats showing Sociedad have actually done better with Kubo on the bench, alongside technical critiques that his dribbling isn’t translating into goals — opinions split over what’s behind his slump and where he might transfer next.
Sociedad took the lead in the 11th minute
In La Liga’s Matchday 4 clash held on September 7 local time, Real Sociedad, featuring Kubo Takefusa, played away against Elche.
With the out-of-form Kubo dropped from the starting lineup for the first time in two matches, Sociedad struck in the 11th minute — Otieno crashed home a powerful shot from a corner-kick sequence to open the scoring. The Kenyan international attacker, deputizing for the Japan international on the right side, delivered by netting his first La Liga goal.
Source: soccerdigestweb.com / Original article here
With Kubo starting: 0W-1D-2L, 1 point from 3 games
With Kubo on the bench: 2W-0D-0L, 6 points from 2 games
Kubo: 0 goals, 0 assists in 4 games
Re: #7
They bring in reinforcements and suddenly Kubo's benched, forsooth
Big win for the Kubo-hating 'Plala guy'
Time to fade away into the J.League
In 2-3 years he'll probably get sold off to the Segunda Division or somewhere in Portugal
Even when he doesn't play at all, he still makes sports news lol
He's only good when the ball's at his feet — his off-the-ball movement and positioning are so bad he never gets those easy tap-in goals
And he still hasn't kicked the habit of throwing up his hands and coasting ┐(´д｀)┌ after losing the ball
That's probably part of it, but ever since Silva retired, his numbers have been dropping every year instead of improving, so it's no surprise the Sociedad brass have started souring on him
What's actually different between him and similar-type players on the Spain national team?
In Kubo's case, the ball just doesn't go forward
He just dribbles around in circles
and while he's doing that the opposing defense gets time to reset, killing the chance
Even in situations where all he has to do is smash it into the net, he sends it into orbit — they'd be better off using someone else
I think he's about 10 years old now
I think there was a chance if the transfer fee were cheap enough
If his contract hadn't been extended, a move might've happened last summer with two years left on it
There was probably a mix of factors — loyalty to Sociedad, wanting to keep his starting spot, and so on —
but the biggest snag is that buy-back clause tying him to Madrid
Madrid's right wing has been open for years and they show zero sign of bringing him back
but since they'd take half the fee, Sociedad can't sell him cheap either
Sociedad's beneath Take
Where do you think he'd actually end up?
The gap between realistic, non-fantasy offers
and the leagues/clubs Kubo actually wants
has gotten enormous
Honestly, I'd already braced for a comeback loss
Elche already looks like a runaway favorite for dead last, the clear top relegation candidate
so why was Sociedad rotating against them?
He let it slip that multiple offers came in before the season started
What's the point of offers that never actually go through?
Background and key points of this discussion
Kubo Takefusa joined Sociedad on a permanent transfer from Real Madrid in 2023 and has been a regular starter ever since, but this season he’s gone without a goal or assist so far. The ‘reinforcements needed’ comment referenced in the thread refers to an incident this summer where Kubo publicly called on the club to strengthen the squad, prompting captain Oyarzabal to fire back with a pointed remark that ‘everyone knows what Take’s personality is like.’ Because of this backstory, the comments in the thread mix in more than pure performance criticism — some posters push back against his transfer ambitions, even calling him a ‘traitor.’ On the transfer front, some point out that his contract with Real Madrid includes a buy-back clause, which makes an easy departure difficult. Whether his absence from the squad stems from World Cup fatigue or injury, or purely from a dip in form and technical issues, is left unconfirmed even in the original article, and opinion in the thread remains divided.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisports Sokuhou+) thread “[Soccer] Struggling Kubo Takefusa left out of the squad for the first time this season… rival delivers 1G2A in a tough spot for him. Sociedad win a dramatic 3-2 despite a red card“.
