MAYA Yoshida celebrated his century of Premier League appearances for Saints by welcoming 100 Japanese children to St Mary’s for the 0-0 draw with Hull.
The contingent of kids, who came down from London from the Football Samurai Academy to support their hero, were sat in the Northam End, waving posters with Yoshida’s face emblazoned on them.
“I invited people who are from London from the football club that I am an ambassador for,” Yoshida said.
“When I was a kid I went to a training camp at Feyenoord and I watched a game that Zlatan Ibrahimovic was playing in.
“Then 13 or 14 years later I was playing against him for Saints and that’s crazy, but that can happen in football “I hope the children who watched me are inspired and will have ambitions to beat my records in the Premier League.”
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