Another roadblock was thrown into the path of 36-year-old former Japan captain Makoto Hasebe on Friday, when his team's German Cup semifinal was postponed due to the coronavirus crisis.
The final year of Hasebe's current contract with Eintracht Frankfurt had already fallen into doubt after he and his colleagues were sent home following positive tests for the virus among some of the team's players. This month the number of infections reported in Germany exceeded 40,000.
"We don't know what the future will bring," Hasebe said in a recent interview with German newspaper Bild. "It's a difficult situation, but we have to take it on, while remaining positive."