Director Klinsman apologizes for the 'remote work' controversy

Coach Jürgen Klinsmann is holding a non-face-to-face press conference. Provided by the Korea Football Association

The controversy arose less than 70 days after Jurgen Klinsmann (59), head coach of the Korean national soccer team, stayed in Korea for five months. Klinsmann spent more than 90 days in the U.S. and Europe due to frequent business trips. He will stay in Europe until the evaluation in September, so the period of overseas travel will be even longer. Immediately after the A match (match between national teams) in June, he went on an overseas vacation for a month and drew attention from fans.

It has also been pointed out that Klinsmann does not watch K-League games in person and relies only on European players. The fact that German third-tier leaguer Park Kyu-hyun (22, Dinamo Dresden), who is hard to say that he is more competitive than the K-Leaguer, wore the Taegeuk mark without any verification was a big shock.

As the controversy continued to arise, director Klinsmann spoke. This was also conducted as a video interview. His explanation is that the recent departure schedule was inevitable because it was already promised even before he took the helm of the national team, and when he stayed in Korea, he already visited the site in various ways, including the K League and the U League (university). There have been no apologies or specific plans to live in Korea for unnecessary controversy since the beginning of his inauguration. 스포츠토토

Coach Klinsmann said, "I think it's too much to say that I don't reside in Korea," adding, "The overseas schedule for July and August was already scheduled before signing a contract with Korea." Last week, I was on a personal schedule in Ireland. After completing his personal schedule, he greeted Son Heung-min (31, Tottenham) after watching the opening game. "I think it's not like I don't reside in Korea or don't come to Korea, as I've seen the team's K-League match (Atletico Madrid in July)."

Lee Kang-in (22, Paris Saint-Germain) also opened his mouth on the issue of transferring him. "I talked to the Paris Saint-Germain club. I heard that Lee Kang-in cleverly included a clause in the contract that requires the club to comply when transferring to the Asian Games. There will be no big problem in participating in the Asian Games. However, he will join the Asian Games after calling up to the A national team because he has to use it for the A match in September. It can be more effective if you play a high-quality game as a member of the A national team in the A match in Wales and Saudi Arabia in September and go to the Asian Games team. "I told Lee Kang-in to go to China and have a big accident (winning a gold medal)."

However, Lee Kang-in recently injured his left thigh and will not be able to play in the A match in September. Participation in the Hangzhou Asian Games, which will be held in the same month, has also become uncertain. Paris Saint-Germain announced on the club's website on the 22nd, "Lee Kang-in injured his left thigh quadriceps and should be treated until the end of the A match break at the earliest."