Son Jun-ho's 'China risk' is likely to continue in the future, and the club should fully bear the burden
Son Jun-ho's 'China risk' is likely to continue in the future, and the club should fully bear the burden
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In the end, it is highly likely to become a stamp.
On the 22nd, Bai Zhao, a content creation and sharing platform of Baidu, a Chinese portal company, released an image capturing the Chinese court's ruling on various match fixing in the Chinese professional soccer Super League, causing noise even in the K-League.
Among the rulings is the match fixing incident that occurred in the 2022 game, where Son Joon-ho is known to be involved. The ruling also includes testimony that Son Joon-ho received 200,000 yuan (about 40 million won) after agreeing to manipulate the match and achieving his goal.
When the information was made public, Son's side repeated its previous stance. The team admitted it due to threats from public security, and FIFA did not expand disciplinary action brought by the Chinese Football Association, which is why it is not a problem. The same applies to Asan in South Chungcheong Province, which recruited Son.
At a press conference in September last year when the Chinese Football Association was disciplined, Son failed to clarify suspicions surrounding him. Rather, he stirred up a bigger controversy by failing to properly explain the source of 200,000 yuan that he received from his teammate. He terminated his contract with Suwon FC immediately afterwards, but when FIFA rejected the Chinese Football Association's request to expand Son's punishment to the world in January this year, he resumed his career by wearing the K League 2 Chungnam Asan uniform.
Even at that time, some people were concerned about Son Joon-ho's "China risk." It is clear that Son Joon-ho was disciplined by the Chinese Football Association, and he could not explain the source even after receiving a considerable amount of 40 million won.
As FIFA, the world's top organization, rejected the expansion of disciplinary action, Son Jun-ho's career in the K-League cannot be tackled. There is no action that the Korea Football Association or the Korean Professional Football Association can take. If it were in Korea, the story would have been different, but only Son Jun-ho, the Chinese government, and the Chinese Football Association know the truth about this case. As Son Joon-ho maintains the same position, there is no change in the situation. 안전놀이터
However, Asan, South Chungcheong Province, a team run by taxpayers' money, must feel burdened. There is a high possibility that negative news about Son Joon-ho will continue to flow from China in the future. Although it is not possible to accurately confirm the authenticity of local news in Korea, Asan, South Chungcheong Province, must sweat hard whenever suspicions arise surrounding Son Joon-ho. As the club has recruited Son Joon-ho, it is a task that the club has to fully deal with.