Liverpool's Endo prioritizes champions over game time ahead of World Cup

Club plays first-ever preseason game in Japan as it hunts for partnerships

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Liverpool player Wataru Endo speaks to Nikkei Asia in Tokyo on July 29. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)

CHRIS RUSSELL

TOKYO -- Liverpool's Wataru Endo says he is continuing to embrace the competitive environment of the newly crowned English Premier League champions even though his game time was limited last season, and that this will set him up to deliver with the Japanese national team at the World Cup in North America next year.

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