TSG Hoffenheim has made an offer of fifteen million euros for NEC's 22-year-old playmaker, Kodai Sano, and the bid is currently being considered. NEC had promised Sano it would cooperate with a transfer this summer after a move to Ajax failed to materialize in the winter, but the club wants more money for the Japanese international. Recent reports from June 2026 state NEC's asking price is around €20 million, and in February 2026, the club allegedly rejected a bid of the same amount from Nottingham Forest.