Kyu-Sung Cho. yunhap newsTogether with the Qatar 2022 World Cup, the redemption of Cho Kyu-seong (24, Jeonbuk Hyundai) also missed.
On the 24th (Korean time), Transfermarkt updated the estimated transfer fees of 53 key players who played in the Qatar World Cup. The transfer fees for Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain), Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) and Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) have been re-evaluated.
Among Korean players, Cho Kyu-seong was included in 53 players.
Cho Kyu-sung scored twice against Ghana in the second round of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar with just his head. He was the first multi-goal at the Korean soccer World Cup. Combining looks and skill, his popularity has risen vertically. His Instagram followers, which used to be between 20,000 and 30,000, are now approaching 3 million.
Transfer fees have also increased. Before the World Cup in Qatar, Cho Kyu-sung’s estimated transfer fee was 1.4 million euros (about 1.9 billion won). However, with the World Cup performance in Qatar, the expected transfer fee rose to 2.5 million euros (about 3.4 billion won). Cho Kyu-sung’s estimated transfer fee a year ago was 600,000 euros (about 800 million won).
There are no specific transfer discussions yet, but several European clubs are showing interest. Transfer rumors such as Scottish Celtic and Turkiye Fenerbahce continue to circulate.
World Cup top scorer in Qatar (8 goals) Mbappe’s transfer fee went from 160 million euros to 180 million euros.
Bellingham follows with 110 million euros and Saka with 100 million euros. Both increased by 10 million euros. Aurelien Chuameni (Real Madrid) has an estimated transfer fee of €90 million and Yoshko Gbardiol (RB Leipzig) has an estimated transfer fee of €75 million. Argentina’s Enzo Fernandez (Benfica), winner of the Young Player Award, received €55m.
Asian players include Doan Lith (SC Freiburg) for €15m, Itakura Go (Monchengladbach) for €12m, Mitoma Kaoru (Brighton & Hove Albion) for €8.5m, Maeda Daizen (Celtic) for €5 million, Asano Takuma (Bochum) for €4 million and Tanaka Ao (Düsseldorf) for €2.5 million.
Australian Harry Souter (Stoke City) is €6m and Kai Rawls (Midlothian) is €1m.
