(Wanju = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Young-soo = Professional soccer K-League 1 Jeonbuk Hyundai’s Cho Kyu-seong
On the 12th, he is interviewing reporters at the clubhouse in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk. 2023.1.12 kan@yna.co.kr
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Eui-jin = Qatar World Cup’s ‘rising star’ Cho Gyu-seong (25) accompanies Jeonbuk Hyundai’s field training in Spain in the professional football K League 1.
An official from the Jeonbuk club said on the 16th, “Cho Kyu-seong is leaving for Spain with the squad.”
“We decided to do winter training together,” he said. “The club’s official position regarding this transfer is to respect the will of the player as much as possible.”
The Jeonbuk team, including Cho Kyu-seong, will depart for Spain via Incheon International Airport this followingnoon.
After that, he starts preparing for the new season by training for regarding a month in Barcelona and Marbella.
Celtic (Scotland) and Mainz (Germany) jumped into the race to sign Cho Kyu-seong, whose ransom has skyrocketed thanks to his performance by scoring two goals in the recent World Cup in Qatar.
Cho Kyu-seong wants to go to Europe this winter, which is receiving a lot of attention, but Jeonbuk is in the position that going in the summer is good for everyone.
The club has been persuading Cho Kyu-seong, saying that it is good for European teams to adapt to summer transfers when they reorganize their teams.
Some say that Cho Kyu-sung made up his mind to transfer this summer.
(Yeongjong Island = Yonhap News) Reporter Ryu Young-seok = Korean soccer team’s Cho Kyu-seong, who advanced to the World Cup round of 16 for the first time in 12 years, returns home through Incheon International Airport on the followingnoon of the 7th and answers questions from reporters. 2022.12.7 ondol@yna.co.kr
In the midst of this, the competition for transfer fees between clubs has also intensified.
Italy’s Fabrizio Romano, who is familiar with the news of European football transfers, said on the 12th that Celtic, Mainz and Minnesota United (USA) offered a transfer fee of at least 3 million euros (approximately 4 billion won).
While Mainz, where Lee Jae-sung plays, offered a transfer fee of nearly 3 million euros, Celtic said that they would give Jeonbuk an additional 50% of the transfer fee Celtic received when Cho Kyu-seong later transferred to another team.
Minnesota offered 5 million euros (approximately 6.7 billion won), the most among the three clubs, for the transfer fee.
Among them, in the case of Mainz, it was revealed through the media that it would be difficult to bear the transfer fee if it exceeded the level of 3 million euros.
In an interview with the local sports media Kicker on the 11th, Mainz’s general manager Christian Heidel drew the line, “If Cho Kyu-sung’s transfer fee goes up to that level, there’s nothing more we can do.”
(Al Rayyan = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Do-hoon = The 2022 Qatar World Cup group stage group H match between Korea and Portugal held at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar on the morning of the 3rd (Korean time). Cho Kyu-seong wins the ball with a header. 2022.12.3 superdoo82@yna.co.kr
On the 16th, the kicker also looked at the possibility of Mainz’s recruitment and pointed out that “(Cho Kyu-seong) is too expensive.”
He added, “For financial reasons, the recruitment of Cho Kyu-sung has virtually ended.”
Regarding this, an official from Jeonbuk said, “As far as we have confirmed, there has been no significant progress or sudden change in the transfer situation of (Cho Kyu-sung).”
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