{"id":5101,"date":"2026-01-04T16:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T16:57:08","slug":"tottenham-sign-chelsea-and-japan-forward-maika-hamano-on-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=5101","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham sign Chelsea and Japan forward Maika Hamano on loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham have completed the signing of Chelsea&#8217;s Maika Hamano on loan until the end of the season.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 21-year-old Japan international is seeking regular game time having shown her potential at Chelsea since joining in 2023. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Hamano can play in a number of positions in midfield and attack but is largely used as a winger by Japan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">She has made 45 appearances in total for Chelsea, including seven this season, and was part of the Japan squad at the 2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Watching the team this season, I really felt they&#8217;ve been playing some great football and I thought I could develop a lot as a player,&#8221; said Hamano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I want to show fans the connection with my team-mates. At the end of the day, football is about winning and I&#8217;ll do my best to contribute to the team&#8217;s success.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It has been a busy start to the transfer window for Tottenham with Hamano joining January recruits Matilda Nilden, Hanna Wijk and Signe Gaupset.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham have completed the signing of Chelsea&#8217;s Maika Hamano on loan until the end of the season. The 21-year-old Japan international is seeking regular game time having shown her potential at Chelsea since joining in 2023. Hamano can play in a number of positions in midfield and attack but is largely used as a winger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}