Former Celtic star Shunsuke Nakamura is uncertain of his role in the team as they prepare to get their Soccer World Cup campaign underway.
Nakamura was Japan’s key playmaker in World Cup qualifying, but has played a substitute role during the team’s training camp in the Swiss ski resort of Saas-Fee.
“I’m not thinking about whether I’ll make the first team or whether I’ll play all matches,” he told the Daily Sports.
“I’ll do whatever I can do for Japan to win.”
Japan
Goalkeepers: Seigo Narazaki, Eiji Kawashima, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
Defenders: Yuji Nakazawa, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yuichi Komano, Daiki Iwamasa, Yasuyuki Konno, Yuto Nagatomo, Atsuto Uchida
Midfielders: Shunsuke Nakamura, Yasuhito Endo, Kengo Nakamura, Junichi Inamoto, Yuki Abe, Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Daisuke Matsui
Strikers: Shinji Okazaki, Keiji Tamada, Yasuhito Okubo, Kisho Yano, Takayuki Morimoto. Sapa-AFP