“Jeonbuk youth system will close the gap with Europe”

-“I’m getting a coaching training right now because I want to teach a youth player rather than a club manager.”

‘Eternal Captain’ Park Ji-seong (40, photo) held a press conference on the 21st at the Hyundai Motor Studio in Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, where the professional football K League 1 Jeonbuk’s’club advisor’ was appointed. He said, “I did not think that the opportunity to work in the K-League would come so soon, but it was a good thing for both Korean soccer and me, so I joined Jeonbuk with joy.” Park Ji-sung said, “Jeonbuk is already the strongest team in the K League 1, so I think it will help the club’s youth system and structural changes outside of the 1st team rather than a major change in the 1st team.”

At the press conference that day, he showed strong attachment, stating that the area of ​​greatest interest was the youth system several times. “Just because you have a good performance in a youth competition does not guarantee success in the professional stage. How to raise youth players is important,” he said. “I would like to make a lot of changes to close the gap by comparing the prestigious European club and Jeonbuk youth system.” He started his career as an administrator by working as the head of the Youth Strategy Division of the Korea Football Association (KFA) for more than a year from November 2017.

He travels between England and Korea and says he will come to Korea at least once a quarter and play his role. He said, “The number of times may vary depending on the situation, but at least once a quarter, and the stay is quite long, we will handle the schedule, such as meetings.” “I accepted the position in response to a request to share my experience with me.” Regarding the recent entry of the players of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup semifinals into the K-League stage, he said, “It is difficult to call it’match-to-match’ because of their different positions. “It would be good if (Lee) Young-pyo-hyeong (Gangwon) and me and us could be the spark of the K-League box office,” he said. Goyang = Reporter Kim Jung-hoon [email protected]