Ki Sung-yueng, who aims to win the first Korean stage, said, "I want to express it as a victory rather than saying that winning is my goal."

Ki Sung-yueng, who aims to win the first Korean stage, said, "I want to express it as a victory rather than saying that winning is my goal."

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Born in 1989, he turned 36. Ki Sung-yueng, the oldest member of FC Seoul, is preparing for the new season with a strong spirit.

I met Ki Sung-yueng in Hanoi, Vietnam, on the 19th. It was a time when head coach Kim Ki-dong's physical training was in progress. Ki Sung-yueng, who appeared to have lost a lot of weight, shook his head, saying, "It's because the training is hard," and "The coach's training is really not easy."

He joined FC Seoul at the age of 18 in 2006, and this is his 20th year as a professional. After moving to Celtic FC in Scotland after the 2009 season, he played for Swansea City, Sunderland and Newcastle in the Premier League for 10 years. He returned to his former team Seoul in 2020 and is participating in his fifth winter training session.

Ki Sung-yueng, who lifted the League and Scottish Cup trophy at Celtic and won the League Cup at Swansea, has not won the Korean stage in his 20-year career. "I haven't won in Korea, so it would be great if I had a chance," he said, but he declined, saying, "If we express it as a victory on the field rather than saying our goal is to win, we will feel that we will be in a position to challenge."

However, he says it is enough to have high expectations. "We have been keeping pace since the winter training, and the players that the coach wanted and experienced players have been recruited. The players who led the team well last summer will also adapt better." He did not hide his expectations, saying, "As everything is moving more stably early than last year, the players are naturally thinking about the goal that everyone thinks of."

Seoul's leading coach Kim Ki-dong also officially announced his bid to win the title in his second year in charge. However, he put more weight on the Korean Cup than on the league. Ki responded by saying, "The Korea Cup final was held at Seoul World Cup Stadium last season, and watching other teams play, I think the coach felt a little uncomfortable. As a coach and a player, there is a team that I want to win. Both the coach and the players are greedy and want to win. The most important thing is how you set your goal and which direction you go."

He led the team as captain last season, but he plans to help the team this season by putting down the armband. "The coach asked me how it would be to give Lingard the captaincy, so I told him 100 percent of the time. I don't have to make a captaincy, and now it's better to help him from the back rather than to step up," he said. "I think the coach took that into consideration because Lingard showed such good performance and leadership as a captain last year (when I was out injured). If Lingard shows the same performance as he did last year as captain, I think he can lead the team well this year as well." 먹튀검증

Meanwhile, Seoul, which finished its first off-season training in Hanoi, Vietnam, and is currently engaged in the second Kagoshima training, will start the 2025 season away to Jeju Island on Feb. 15. The home opener will be the second round against FC Anyang on Feb. 22.