Pohang Ki Sung -yong “I think this year is the last … 1 minute 1 second is important”
“It was not an easy decision to transfer.” Ki Sung -yong was worried about retirement early. He said in a press conference ahead of the first training on the 4th, the day after joining Pohang Steelers, “It was the last year’s preparation for the last winter training (FC Seoul).” “But I felt that there was no place in Seoul. I was very sorry.”
Ki Sung -yong left Seoul, where he had been in the K League, and officially joined Pohang on the 3rd. The contract period is until the end of the 2025 season. There was a lot of things such as the friction between the Seoul club and the fans over his transfer, but the important thing was that Ki Sung -yong wanted to play more as a player. “I wouldn’t have left the team if I had been able to run for a minute in Seoul,” he said.
“At first, I just thought of retirement, but my daughter asked, ‘Why don’t you go to the game?'” I persuaded that my dad is old and young uncles run, but I was shaken as I couldn’t accept it. “
The idea that this year is the last time is not changed. So the time in Pohang is “1 minute and 1 second.” He has been a professional player for 19 years since joining Seoul in 2006. “I keep hearing the voices of fans who are going to run hard at the stadium. I want to meet that expectation.”
Fortunately, Pohang is not strange. Many people have made a relationship with Park Tae -ha. “Pohang resembles the urban atmosphere that I felt in Swansea City and Sunderland in England. It is an environment that has to focus on training, so it reminds me of the days I played in England.”
The debut in Pohang will be as early as the K -League 1 2025, the 22nd round of Jeonbuk Hyundai Exhibition. Ki Sung -yong said, “I don’t want to be overwhelming, but I lack midfielder resources. I will raise my body as much as possible and consult with the director.” “If I debut in the Jeonbuk War, I will show you a good look to my fans,” he said.
By Nam Ji -eun, reporter myviollet@hani.co.kr
