Bristol City assistant head coach Chris Hogg has called new Robins signing Yu Hirakawa a “beautiful human being” following the Japanese’s winger’s arrival at their pre-season training camp in Portugal. Hirakawa was confirmed as a City player earlier this week , joining initially on loan from Machida Zelvia and after undergoing a medical at the High Performance Centre and the necessary media duties at Ashton Gate , he boarded a plane to Faro to meet his new teammates. The 23-year-old has been with the group since Tuesday for a vitally important few days as he’ll then travel to France to compete for Japan in the Paris Olympics before returning to Bristol for the Championship campaign.
Without this time away with the squad in the Algarve, he would have been missing a key opportunity to integrate himself and familiarise himself with the various personalities that make up the team, the general culture and the expectations of the coaching staff. Already the winger seems to have made an impression , just with his attitude and personality around the camp with the official club channels sharing some charming moments as he was welcomed to the group and how he’s been interacting with everyone. “It’s one of the main objectives, building that connection, the cohesion with the relationships around the team,” Hogg said.
“It’s been great to get that. Yu has come out, and to see him as part of the group. “Obviously there’s a bit of a language barrier at the minute bu.
