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Standard Liege midfielder Hayao Kawabe rejoined Sanfrecce Hiroshima, the J-League first-division club announced Friday, two days after their top scorer Yuki Ohashi left for Blackburn Rovers in the English second-tier Championship. Kawabe, capped six times by Japan, spent three seasons in Europe after leaving his boyhood club Hiroshima for Grasshoppers in 2021. He played in Switzerland for two seasons before featuring for Belgian outfit Standard last term. Fellow 28-year-old Ohashi, meanwhile, leaves Sanfrecce after half a season having bagged 11 goals in 22 J1 games following his move from Sho…

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