Son Jun-ho, who was on his way back to 'K League is the top priority', had a lot of overseas love calls even before the announcement of dismissal
Son Jun-ho, who was on his way back to 'K League is the top priority', had a lot of overseas love calls even before the announcement of dismissal
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Even before the dismissal, "national team midfielder" Son Joon-ho (33) was popular.
A new year has paved the way for Son to play soccer again. FIFA has rejected the Chinese Football Association's request for disciplinary action. Son and the Korea Football Association received an e-mail message on Monday containing the relevant information.
KFA said, "We received an official letter from FIFA on the morning of the 24th to inform that the CFA's request to expand Son Joon-ho's disciplinary action worldwide was rejected, and also informed Son Joon-ho of the official letter and the fact." "The CFA asked the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to expand the disciplinary action worldwide after permanently removing Son Jun-ho on September 10. As the international request for an expansion of disciplinary action was rejected, the disciplinary action became effective only in China for now. As a result, Son Joon-ho said, "The way for registration has been opened not only for domestic K-League teams but also for overseas leagues excluding the Chinese league."
After being criminally detained by Chinese police for taking over non-state workers in May last year, Son returned to Korea in March after about 10 months of detention. He was issued an International Transfer Agreement (ITC) in June and joined Suwon FC after approval by the CFA and the KFA. His efforts to build his body have not been betrayed. Immediately upon his arrival, Son recorded one goal and one assist in 12 league matches. As a key midfielder of Suwon FC, he has become the leading contributor to advancing to the Final A.
However, on Sept. 10 last year, he was permanently expelled from the CFA for match fixing, and his life was put at a crossroads again. He stated that "Son Jun-ho, who played for Shandong Taishan, participated in unjustified transactions, manipulated soccer matches, gained illegal profits, and that he will ban any activities related to Son Jun-ho's soccer forever." The CFA notified FIFA of the disciplinary action, and if FIFA approves it, he will be in the worst situation where he cannot play soccer anywhere in the world.
Son Joon-ho held a press conference the next day and said, "I never manipulated the match," adding, "I made a false statement during the public security investigation process because I was not able to reach a conciliatory agreement, such as showing family photos, and was convicted of receiving 200,000 yuan (about 37 million won) in a Chinese court and released, which was the result of dealing with a judge to resume his career in Korea," but public opinion worsened and Choi Soon-ho, head of Suwon FC, decided to terminate Son Joon-ho's contract on September 14 after much consideration and concern from fans.
Son did not give up. Waiting for FIFA's decision, he prepared for his return. He built up his body and maintained his condition to play games right away. In fact, even before FIFA's decision was made, there were continuous love calls. As he had no problem issuing ITC as a FA, he showed interest in not only Asia, including the Middle East, but even Mexico. Although it was a conditional agreement that could be terminated immediately if FIFA quoted a request from the CFA, Son's side gained confidence from the continued interest of overseas teams. It meant that he would be recognized for his skills and value. Son declined the offer, keeping only the K-League in mind. 스포츠토토
About four months later, a major twist took place ahead of the New Year's holiday in Eulsa on Monday. FIFA has rejected the move, judging that there is insufficient evidence in connection with the CFA's disciplinary action against Son. This means that FIFA does not recognize the CFA's disciplinary action. Introducing cases in which Guotian Yu is still active in the Thai Premier League, the Chinese media qqNews reported recently, "The data submitted by the CFA to FIFA specify the violations of the players but does not specify the number of matches involved. In other words, since the CFA only informed the players that they were involved in match fixing, betting and gambling, but did not disclose the amount of money they had received, FIFA did not recognize the CFA's ruling, and the CFA's disciplinary action is not being implemented in the international arena." Son Jun-ho was the same case.
The result of his perseverance was sweet. Now that he can play soccer again, Son immediately started preparing to return to the K-League. As the priority is to recover his reputation, Son plans to pursue a K-League career. "We will meet with Son after the Lunar New Year holiday to discuss future directions," Son said. "We are considering the domestic team first regardless of the K-League 1 or 2." Several teams are already showing interest. Son's soccer clock is ticking again.