Borussia Dortmund midfielder Shinji Kagawa refused to comment on the match-fixing scandal engulfing Japan coach Javier Aguirre as he arrived back in Japan on Monday to prepare for the Asian Cup.

Kagawa signed autographs for fans at Tokyo’s Haneda airport but would not respond to questions about Aguirre from waiting reporters. Schalke defender Atsuto Uchida also arrived in Japan on the same flight.

Mexican coach Aguirre has not appeared in public since Spanish prosecutors named him among 41 individuals last week in a report into the alleged rigging of a La Liga clash between Levante and his former club Zaragoza in May 2011.

Aguirre was manager of Zaragoza and the team won the match 2-1, avoiding relegation to the second tier as a result. He could be asked to appear in Spain if the complaint is accepted by a Valencia court and a full-scale investigation is opened.

The Japan Football Association has decided that Aguirre will remain in charge for the Jan. 9-31 Asian Cup despite his alleged involvement in the match-fixing scandal.

The association said Sunday that Aguirre will hold a press conference to offer an explanation regarding the charges that have been leveled at him.

Arrangements are being made so the press conference can be held before Aguirre’s squad begins training on Dec. 29 for the Asian Cup.

Japan will be looking to defend the Asian Cup it won for a record fourth time in 2011 in Doha.

Korea names squad

Seoul AP

South Korea has included six European-based players in its 2015 Asian Cup squad announced Monday in Seoul but there was no place for former Arsenal striker Park Chu-young.

The 23-man squad for the two-time continental champion includes in-form stars such as Son Heung-min of Bayer Leverkusen, one of four players from the Bundesliga, and Swansea City’s English Premier League midfielder Ki Seung-yeung.

Park, who left Arsenal early in 2014 and had a poor World Cup as Korea collected just one point, recently joined Al Shabab of Saudi Arabia but did not make the final cut. Injured strikers Lee Dong-gook and Kim Shin-wook have also been omitted.

Korea, looking for a first Asian Cup win since 1960, is in Group A along with host Australia, Kuwait and Oman.

“The decision not to select Park was a very difficult one,” coach Uli Stielike said. “In the end, I was worried about his lack of goals,” he added, referring to the fact that Park has scored only twice in the whole of 2014.

South Korea has not lifted the Asian Cup since 1960.

Korea is in Group A along with host Australia, Kuwait and Oman.