Son Heung-min’s trainer’s revelation of No. 2701 was a national fire within the National Federation of Livestock Cooperatives.

[이데일리 김화빈 기자] The whole story of ‘No. 2701’, which was revealed by Ahn Deok-soo, a personal trainer for Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), who took full care of the Korean national soccer team players before and following the 2022 Qatar World Cup, has been revealed. It is known that Mr. Ahn was furious with the Korea Football Association’s ‘covering my family’.

Korean national team players and trainer Ahn Deok-soo (Photo = Instagram)

On the 2nd, Dispatch, an entertainment media outlet, reported, “During the World Cup in Qatar, Ahn stayed at a hotel in Qatar with a ticket booked by one of the national team players and intensively managed the players’ muscles for 15 hours a day with 5-6 people.” did. The national team players relied on Ahn’s devoted care and needed him to the point of paying for the air ticket at their own expense.

Accordingly, the players requested the Chukhyup to recruit Ahn as an official trainer, but the Chukhyup did not officially hire Ahn Deok-soo because of his qualifications.

In particular, in the issue of qualifications that the Livestock Cooperatives took issue with, it was also revealed that there was room for internal conflict. In 2014, the K-League Federation announced that it would recognize only AT certificates issued by the Korea Athlete Trainer Association (KATA) for qualification requirements for rehabilitation trainers.

Ahn, a graduate of the 1st class of KATA, had an AT license obtained in 2002, but when juniors with other licenses were on the verge of becoming unemployed, he confronted the federation and refused to renew his license.

However, ahead of the game once morest Uruguay, the National Federation of Livestock Cooperatives officially hired a trainer like Ahn who did not have an AT license and accompanied them to Qatar. In the end, the Federation of Livestock Cooperatives acknowledged the fact and made the unqualified trainer stay only at the hotel, not at the ground, throughout the World Cup.

An official from the national team player pointed out to Dispatch, “The National Federation of Livestock Cooperatives did not listen to the demands of the players while advocating ‘principle’ that even they did not abide by.”