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Song Min-gyu (27), a side resource representing the K League, has finally returned to his teacher's arms. Coach Kim Ki-dong (55), who raised himself during his time with the Pohang Steelers, is determined to recreate the "age of glory" again at FC Seoul.
Seoul officially announced the recruitment of side striker Song Min-gyu, a former national team player, on the 21st. As a result, Song Min-gyu left Jeonju Castle and entered Sangambeol.
The key to this transfer is the reunion between Song Min-gyu and Kim Ki-dong. To Song Min-gyu, head coach Kim Ki-dong means more than just the head coach of his club. This is because it is director Kim Ki-dong who awakened the potential of Song Min-gyu, who made his professional debut in 2018 after graduating from Chungju Commercial High School.
The relationship between the two began in 2018. At that time, head coach Kim Ki-dong was Pohang's head coach, and the first meeting took place when Song Min-gyu joined Pohang. The synergy between the two gradually shone when Kim Ki-dong was appointed as Pohang's head coach the following year. Director Kim Ki-dong's "hit product" Song Min-gyu was together for more than three years before moving to Jeonbuk Hyundai in 2021.
It was pretty good when they were together. In particular, Song Min-gyu played as a tactical key player for head coach Kim Ki-dong in the 2020 season, scoring 10 points and 6 assists in 27 games, and received the "K League Young Player Award," which was only once in his life at the time. Under coach Kim Ki-dong's customized tactics, Song Min-gyu's reckless breakthrough and back-stretching play were the best weapons in the league.
Since then, Song Min-gyu, who moved to Jeonbuk using his performance in Pohang, has grown into a Korean national soccer team, an Asian Games gold medalist, and a member of the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Last season, he was selected in the K-League's Best 11 Strikers category and contributed to Jeonbuk's "double."
Seoul can take a breather with the addition of Song Min-gyu. Song Min-gyu, who has excellent ball possession and linked play, is a player who understands Kim Ki-dong's tactics better than anyone else. It is expected to add destructive power to Seoul's offense with a sense of power immediately without an adaptor.
Song Min-gyu also expressed high expectations for the reunion with his teacher. In his feelings about joining the team, he said that the decisive moment to decide to transfer was the contact of head coach Kim Ki-dong. Song Min-gyu said, "When Director Kim Ki-dong contacted me directly, I also thought that I really wanted to be together again," adding, "I'm looking forward to the reunion with the director." I will do my best to create a better performance and result than when I showed good form together in Pohang," he said.
Seoul fans are increasingly excited about what synergy Song Min-gyu will show in Sangam with his teacher Kim Ki-dong, who awakened his potential.
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