Lee Chung-yong fined 50 million won for insulting coach

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By Lee Han-soo

English Premier League club Crystal Palace winger Lee Chung-yong has been fined 30,000 pounds (50 million won) for insulting head coach Alan Pardew, the British Daily Mail reports.

In an interview with Sports Seoul, a Korean daily, Lee accused Pardew of

being “too hot tempered” during games and said he had forgotten how many

substitutes the coach had used.

Commenting on Lee’s fine, Pardew said,

“You can’t criticize things that didn’t happen. One of the key points in

there didn’t occur. So that’s an internal process that the other players

will have to learn from.”

“Criticize the manager, other players or staff at this football club: do it

in house, knock on the door, come and see me, we’ll sort it out, no

problem.”

Lee joined Crystal Palace from Bolton Wanderers in 2015. He has made 19 appearances and scored one goal.