There was a red light in the transfer of Bae Joon-ho (20, Stoke City) to the big league.
Recently, Bae Jun-ho has been strongly linked to Feyenoord Rotterdam, who confirmed his entry into the UEFA Champions League next season. It is a prestigious club representing the Netherlands and a team that has swept numerous championship trophies, and is familiar to Korean soccer fans as a place where Song Jong-guk, Kim Nam-il and Lee Chun-soo are involved.
Both teams have similar needs. Feyenoord has to fill the void left by Yankuba Minte (Brighton and Hove Albion), who showed strong performance last season. Bae Jun-ho, who plays right wing forward, can be guaranteed the starting position. No matter how hard the English Football League plays, it is undeniable that Eredivisie is better than the English Football League (EFL) Championship (minor league).
Feyenoord is not the only team interested in Bae. “Three Premier League teams, Bundesliga and Serie A teams have shown interest in Bae. Feyenoord has also entered the bid to recruit him. Some teams have offered him 8 million pounds (14.4 billion won).”
The transfer will not be easy. “Feyenoord is desperately trying to recruit Bae Jun-ho,” said Frazier Gillan of Team Talk on the same day. “Stock has declared his intention not to sell Bae, and I believe he will play a key role in promoting himself to the Premier League.” 스포츠토토
Bae Jun-ho, a former member of the K League 1 Daejeon Hana Citizen, is a promising player who is expected to take responsibility for the future of Korean soccer. Leading big clubs are showing interest in him. After joining Stoke’s uniform last summer, Bae joined the top 11 immediately, and made a remarkable contribution to preventing his team from being degraded to the EFL League 1 (tertiary league).
Bae’s “heroic instinct” continued even amid rumors of a transfer. Bae started in a preseason friendly match against Cork City at Cork Turner Cross Stadium in Ireland on Monday and scored multiple goals to lead the team to a complete 5-0 victory.
Bae Jun-ho, who left the ground after playing only 45 minutes in the first half of the day, showed his “King of Stoke” performance. He cut the net with a mid-range shot from outside the box in the 25th minute of the first half, and completed an additional score by pushing his teammate’s exquisite pass into the goal in the 29th minute of the first half.