Ossie Ardiles is adding Japan to his chequered soccer career. The Argentinian said yesterday he would take over as coach of J League club Shimizu S-Pulse next week when he joined his new players for pre-season training in Hong Kong.

Ardiles was in Argentina when he heard of Shimizu's interest and cut short his stay to come back to England and discuss terms with club representatives.

Daniele Massaro, veteran Italian former international striker, is one of Shimizu's foreign players.