Park life: brightest star from the East
Posted in News on Sunday January 8th, 2006 1:55pm
Steve Tongue in The Independent
Park, whose name translates rather appropriately as “Wise Star”, arrived with the immeasurable benefit of having sampled European club football for the best part of three seasons. Yet, in his first major newspaper interview in this country, he admits that the culture shock of western football takes much getting used to for any Asian player. Having only slowly adjusted to life in Holland, he found England and the Premier-ship another huge step, and took a while to demonstrate his quality.
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“In the Champions’ League we had disappointing results and I am very sorry.” (He makes it sound like a personal apology.) “We hope to do well in the two cups, and even if Burton is a small team, we have to show we are strong. In the World Cup draw we are quite pleased to play Togo, France and Switzerland and have an opportunity to get through to the second round.”
The gentle figure beneath the Beatles mop-top is clearly not big on complaints, though he does manage a couple. “I am generally happy, except for the weather. Korea can be cold, but not so wet, and the daytime is really short here. Also, I think Korean food is more delicious than English. But to come to United was the right decision.”
Kipling would be proud of him. Korea certainly is.
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