He is been linked with Celtic this week - and Cho Gue-Sung has confirmed he isn't fazed by huge names after leaving Cristiano Ronaldo irked. The striker is a reported goal for Hoops boss Ange Postecoglou this winter as doubt surrounds Giorgos Giakoumakis' future. He performed the quantity 9 position in a surprising 2-1 win for South Korea over Portugal which booked a spot within the World Cup final 16 for his facet, and as Ronaldo made manner, the 24-year-old managed to press his buttons.
Chatting with Portuguese media, the 37-year-old free agent claimed Gue-Sung had no authority attempting to order him off the pitch as South Korea chased their eventual winner, amid studies there was a disagreement with boss Fernando Santos. He defined: “What occurred was earlier than my substitution, the South Korea participant instructed me to get off shortly. I instructed him to close up as he doesn’t have that authority. There was no disagreement (with the coach)."
Santos himself has addressed the state of affairs, and went one step additional, claiming the Celtic 'goal' had insulted one of many sport's greats. He mentioned: "The participant from Korea was insulting him telling him to go away, so that's the reason why he was indignant, everybody noticed that.
“I noticed the interplay with the Korea participant and I don’t have any doubts about it and should you see the photographs you see Pepe went in direction of the Korea participant. He was not aggressive, he was solely verbally aggressive, he was talking in English to Cristiano, and Cristiano mentioned, ‘Maybe he had a nasty day."
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