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Kyogo exit best for both parties

Japanese striker Kyogo Furuhashi has left Birmingham City for LA Galaxy and it's an exit that was sadly inevitable

13.08.26, 12:10 Updated 13.08.26, 12:10

Colin Tattum

Colin Tattum

It had to happen, in all truth.

Moving on Kyogo Furuhashi was the best outcome for both Birmingham City and the player, even if the club has taken a financial hit.

Sometimes, players just don’t fit or work out. It doesn’t happen for them.

The Japanese striker arrived to much fanfare last summer after a £4 million move from Rennes. He’s now in the MLS, a transfer to LA Galaxy concluded, for a fee believed in excess of £1 million.

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Colin Tattum

Colin Tattum covered Blues for the Birmingham Mail & Sports Argus as correspondent & chief sports writer for 28 years before becoming head of media & communications at St. Andrew's in 2014. Most recently he worked in academy talent ID & recruitment before returning full circle by joining renowned journalist Neil Moxley with the launch of Forever Blues.

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