VfB Stuttgart signed Wataru Endo in August 2019, initially on loan. They made his move from STVV permanent in April of this year, thanks to a clause in the temporary agreement.
The midfielder helped the club achieve promotion to the Bundesliga and hasn’t looked out of place early in the season. Bild say he plays like a ‘vacuum cleaner’, cleaning up dangerous situations in front of his club’s defence.
A Japanese international, the 27-year-old is in the peak of his career, and still has dreams about a move to England. Bild state Endo has ‘always loved Chelsea’ and they quote him as saying: “The Premier League is my dream.”
Endo explained: “My father called me and said: If you play in the Premier League, I’ll come to the stadium.”
Bild go some way to talking up the midfielder’s level, and they quote Stuttgart coach Pellegrino Matarazzo as saying: “It is currently impossible to imagine our game without him. He is our linchpin.”
It’s a long way from there to catching Chelsea’s eye, but there’s no harm in having a dream and if Endo continues to be such an important player for Stuttgart then there’s a good chance he’ll get a chance at English football… and for his father to come and watch him.
