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Ex-Korea captain Ki Sung-yueng leaves for Spain to finalize talks with top-division club
전 국가대표 캡틴 기성용, 스페인 라리가 이적 성사 마무리위해 스페인으로 떠나
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South Korean football player Ki Sung-yueng speaks to reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Friday, before departing for Spain to finalize contract talks with a La Liga club. /Yonhap
South Korean football player Ki Sung-yueng speaks to reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Friday, before departing for Spain to finalize contract talks with a La Liga club. /Yonhap

Former South Korean men's football captain Ki Sung-yueng departed for Spain on Friday to finalize talks with a top-flight club there, looking to continue his pro career in Europe after negotiations with domestic teams fell through.

전 대한민국 남자 축구대표팀 주장 기성용이 국내 프로구단과의 협상이 결렬된 후 유럽에서 프로 선수 생활을 이어나가기 위해 금요일 스페인으로 떠났다.


The 31-year-old midfielder left Newcastle United on Jan. 31 by what the Premier League club called "mutual consent." His last Premier League appearance came in September 2019.

31세의 미드필더 기성용은 지난달 31일 프리미어리그 클럽 뉴캐슬 유나이티드와 '상호 합의'하에 팀을 떠났다. 그의 마지막 프리미어리그 출장은 작년 9월이었다.


Afterward, Ki sought a return to the K League 1, where he began his club career in 2006 with FC Seoul.

2006년 FC서울에서 프로리그에 데뷔한 기성용은 K리그로 복귀를 노렸다.


When Ki signed with Celtic in 2009 for his first foray into Europe, FC Seoul let Ki go on the condition that Ki must first negotiate with them if he wanted to return home. The two sides couldn't come to an agreement, and Ki's talks with another K League 1 team, Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, also didn't bear any fruit.

2009년 기성용이 첫 유럽 진출을 위해 셀틱과 계약했을 때 FC서울은 기성용이 K리그 복귀시 서울과 우선 협상을 해야 한다는 조건으로 기성용을 셀틱에 보냈다. 양측은 합의에 이르지 못했고, 기성용은 또 다른 K리그팀인 전북 현대와도 계약을 성사하지 못했다.


Ki, who spent three seasons in Scotland and then the next nine seasons in the Premier League, announced on Feb. 11 that he wasn't coming back to the K League 1.

스코틀랜드에서 세 시즌을 보내고 프리미어 리그에서 아홉 시즌을 보낸 기성용은 지난 11일 K리그로 돌아오지 않을 것이라고 발표했다.

He has since been linked to a second-tier Spanish club, SD Huesca, but speaking to reporters at Incheon International Airport on Friday, Ki said he was close to a deal with a first-division team in La Liga.

기성용은 스페인 2부리그 SD우에스카와 연결된 상태였으나, 출국 직전 인천공항에서 기자들에게 라리가(1부리그)의 한 팀과 계약 성사 직전이라고 밝혔다.


"There are about a dozen matches left until May, and I'll try to play in as many of them as possible," Ki said, declining to identify the club because he hadn't yet signed the papers. (Yonhap)

기성용은 "(시즌이 끝나는) 5월까지 아직 많은 경기가 남았고 나는 최대한 많은 경기를 뛰고자 노력할 것"이라고 말하며 아직 계약서에 사인하지 않은 상태인 만큼 어느 클럽에 가는지 밝히기를 거부했다.

South Korean football player Ki Sung-yueng speaks to reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Friday, before departing for Spain to finalize contract talks with a La Liga club. /Yonhap
South Korean football player Ki Sung-yueng speaks to reporters at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Friday, before departing for Spain to finalize contract talks with a La Liga club. /Yonhap
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