Son Heung-min’s instructor revealing the number 2701 was a national fire within the National Federation of Livestock Cooperatives.

Cattle cooperatives have contested that they do not have work licenses… Hiring unqualified people

[이데일리 김화빈 기자] The whole story of ‘No.2701’, revealed by Ahn Deok-soo, the personal trainer of Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur), who took care of the Korea national football team players before and after Qatar World 2022 Cup, it was revealed. Mr. Ahn is known to have been furious at the Korean Football Association for “covering up for my family.”

On the 2nd, Dispatch, an entertainment media outlet, reported: “During the World Cup in Qatar, Ahn stayed in a hotel in Qatar with a plane ticket booked by one of the national team players and intensely worked the muscles of 5- 6 players a day for 15 hours.” he did. The national team players relied on Ahn’s dedicated care and needed him to the extent that they paid for the airfare at their own expense. The players asked AKS to recruit Ahn as their official coach, but AKS did not officially hire Ahn because of his qualifications. In particular, in the question of qualifications which the livestock cooperatives disputed, it appeared that there was room for improvement. In 2014, the K-League Federation announced that it would only recognize AT certificates issued by the Korea Athlete Trainer Association (KATA) for rehabilitation instructor qualification requirements.

Ahn, a 1st class KATA graduate, had obtained an AT license in 2002, but when young people with other licenses were about to become unemployed, he confronted the federation and refused to renew his license.

However, before the match against Uruguay, the National Federation of Livestock Cooperatives formally hired a coach who did not have an AT license like Ahn and accompanied them to Qatar. Eventually, the Federation of Livestock Cooperatives recognized the fact and had the unqualified trainer only stay in the hotel, not on land, for the entire World Cup.

A national player official pointed out to Dispatch, “The National Federation of Cattle Cooperatives has not listened to the players’ demands while advocating a ‘principle’ that not even they have complied with.”