The Leeds United loanee has had a horrid time in Germany.
Things have gone steadily downhill for Yosuke Ideguchi since joining Leeds United.
The Japan international signed for the Elland Road side for £500,000 in January of 2018 [Yorkshire Evening Post].
But a disappointing loan spell at Cultural Leonesa in Spain led to him missing out on his country’s World Cup squad.
He was loaned out again by Leeds last summer, this time to second-tier German side Greuther Furth, but a posterior cruciate ligament injury suffered in September means that the 22-year-old has missed virtually the entire season.
But things are finally start to look up, sort of.
Furth, who can sign Ideguchi on a permanent basis this summer if they wish, announced on their Twitter account on Friday that the Leeds loanee has returned to training.
Ideguchi was filmed walking out to training, smiling and being hugged by a team-mate.
The former Gamba Osaka midfielder, who has 12 caps for his country, is clearly a good player but it seems unlikely that it’ll work out at the Whites.
Would the Championship side have agreed to let Furth have an option to buy him outright if they had much hope for him in West Yorkshire? Probably not.
Greuther Furth play Dynamo Dresden on Saturday, the team who Ideguchi suffered the injury against after 29 minutes in September.
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