Football: S Korea’s Ji to join Sunderland
Ji, 20, will be the eighth South Korean to join the Premier League and the youngest so far.
SEOUL:
South Korea’s Ji Dong-Won is to join English Premier League side Sunderland on a three-year deal, his local club Chunnam Dragons announced. Ji, 20, will be the eighth South Korean to join the Premier League and the youngest so far. “I had the impression that Sunderland really wanted me,” Yonhap news agency quoted Ji. “I know there’ll be stiff competition, and my goal is to become the player that the team wants me to be in six months.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 23rd, 2011.
South Korea’s Ji Dong-Won is to join English Premier League side Sunderland on a three-year deal, his local club Chunnam Dragons announced. Ji, 20, will be the eighth South Korean to join the Premier League and the youngest so far. “I had the impression that Sunderland really wanted me,” Yonhap news agency quoted Ji. “I know there’ll be stiff competition, and my goal is to become the player that the team wants me to be in six months.”
Published in The Express Tribune, June 23rd, 2011.