Daniel Farke (46) is happy that Ko Itakura (25) is available again. “Ko did really well for us. With him we had the best defense in the league with Union Berlin until his injury after six games. He has a healthy aggressiveness, which is good for us. He is a player who leads and wants to lead. We’re glad he’s back. The games at the World Cup did him good – that was good for us too.”said the coach of Borussia Mönchengladbach according to ‘Bild’.
Itakura, previously on loan at Schalke 04, switched from Manchester City to the foals in the summer for five million euros. He immediately secured a regular place there, but was seriously injured in September. Only on the last match day before the World Cup did he make his comeback as part of a short assignment and then played in all group games of the Japanese national team.
