From what I’ve seen it’s mainly Japanese Mitoma fans who literally come just to see him, spend money in the club shop and part of their match day experience (hate the saying) is to hopefully meet him.
Seems strange to alienate the Japanese fans.
A woman my wife works with kids hang around training grounds in the summer and have turned it into a nice little business selling signed shirts online. I was actually quite impressed at least they aren’t at home stuck in front of a PlayStation. They do well with Tottenham players who apparently...