{"id":1121372,"date":"2019-12-19T12:09:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1121372"},"modified":"2019-12-19T12:09:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T12:09:23","slug":"japan-players-premier-league-history","status":"publish","type":"quizzes","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/quizzes\/japan-players-premier-league-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you name the eight Japanese players who have played in the Premier League?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s official. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/takumi-minamino-liverpool-transfer-best-position-line-up\">Takumi Minamino is a <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-t0pnv1mms73aq9e55wk9slduurtpc1qn\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Liverpool<\/span> player<\/a> and will join up with the <span id=\"urn:local-text-annotation-fh1t15osvr46adggude15ixa17xpasih\" class=\"textannotation disambiguated wl-organization\" itemid=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl01348\/entity\/liverpool_f-c\">Reds<\/span> on January 1st.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given the modest price tag and vast potential the forward possesses, the general consensus is that Jurgen Klopp has pulled off a coup.<\/p>\n<p>Minamino will become the first Japanese player to ply his trade at Anfield and is expected to boost the Merseysiders&#8217; attacking options significantly.<\/p>\n<p>However, he&#8217;s not the first player from the East Asian nation to feature in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>He will be number nine once he makes his Liverpool debut \u2013 but can you the name the eight players that have come before him?<\/p>\n<p>Some may well have slipped your memory but you should be able to instantly recall others. After all, one is a Premier League title winner and one convinced Sir Alex Ferguson he was worth a \u00a312 million fee back in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to put your knowledge to the test&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"spFrame5dfb60c3001a7\" style=\"width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporcle.com\/framed\/?v=8&amp;pm&amp;gid=1a72509c8c0f&amp;fid=5dfb60c3001a7&amp;width=580\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sporcle.com\/embed\/embed.js?v=5dfb60c3001a7\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to use smarterscout: the new football analytics tool<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcp.crwdcntrl.net\/5\/c=14655\/b=73952744?https:\/\/smarterscout.com?promotionallink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign-up here to use smarterscout lite for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"04a90636-941d-4962-a726-69137969552e\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official. 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