Steven Hammell has burned through plenty of midnight oil to ensure Riku Danzaki swaps Brisbane for Motherwell. Now with the Japanese ace finally having completed his move from the other side of the planet the Well boss is positive he will catch fire with the Steelmen and light up Fir Park.
The 22-year-old arrived in Scotland this week after spending the last four months on loan at Brisbane Roar from his parent club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo and was officially confirmed as a Well player this morning. His move from the other side of the globe has seen Hammell and his recruitment team having to wait until daylight breaks both Down Under and in Japan to talk business and the Brisbane loan was cut short in order to do a deal with Sapporo.
Danzaki, who was Brisbane’s top scorer in his first spell in the A-League, is now in a race against time to feature against St Mirren today. But after tying down his fourth January signing following the arrivals of Shane Blaney, Mikael Mandron and Ollie Cranckshaw, Hammell said: “There’s been a lot of paperwork, a lot of late night even early morning phone calls with the time difference.
