Japan attacker Takefusa Kubo will be carrying the mantle of the injured Takumi Minamino at the upcoming World Cup after picking the No. 8 shirt usually worn by his senior Samurai Blue teammate."I've told him I want to wear it if the shirt was going to someone else," Real Sociedad playmaker Kubo said Friday during Japan's training camp in Chiba, east of Tokyo, revealing he contacted the Monaco man directly and had his proposal readily accepted.Minamino ruptured his left knee ligament in December and could not recover in time for the World Cup starting next month, while Kubo made the 26-man s…READ FULL ARTICLE