Eredivisie top scorer Ayase Ueda set to join Lille from Feyenoord

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ueda-ayase/8Ssd0upn/"]Ueda[/a], 28, scored 25 goals last year to become the Eredivisie top scorer. It was his first season as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/feyenoord/8zjySeoN/"]Feyenoord[/a]'s full-time starting striker after waiting for his chance behind [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gimenez-santiago/rNqz4i6M/"]Santiago Gimenez[/a].[/p][p]The Japanese striker scored in Feyenoord's 2-2 draw against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/den-haag/lAgLCkT3/"]ADO Den Haag[/a] on Sunday and immediately left to travel to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lille/pfDZL71o/"]Lille[/a], according to [a href="https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/ueda-meteen-naar-lille-om-transfer-af-te-ronden"][i][b]Voetbal International[/b][/i][/a]. Lille president Olivier Letang attended the game to discuss the final details of the transfer.[/p][p]No transfer fee has been reported as of Sunday evening.[/p][embed guid="6cf848cc-3cef-4f03-a1d9-a3f3ff628c7a" url="https://x.com/Santi_J_FM/status/2094122770774859799?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Ayase Ueda joined Feyenoord from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/cercle-brugge/IXnm9vwh/"]Cercle Brugge[/a] for €9 million in 2023 and was forced to patiently wait for his opportunity. The 43-time Japanese international scored 12 goals in 47 league games after joining, but had the best season of his career in 2025/26, scoring 25 goals in 31 Eredivisie matches to become the league's top scorer.[/p][p]In 112 games across all competitions for Feyenoord, Ueda scored 43 goals.[/p][infobox id="a26dc69f-5d29-48c9-8d0f-786c18f76a2b" /][image alt="Ayase Ueda's career stats" id="6589d512-2aa1-49ad-b095-ee48c5be0b93" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="1e31f9c9-bda9-434c-a083-874ae9de28c7" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]