K-League leaders FC Seoul have confirmed Celtic have expressed an interest in signing highly-rated South Korea midfielder Ki Sung-yong.
The Scottish Premier League side are due to meet 20-year-old Ki's representatives later today in London ahead of Wednesday's Champions League meeting with Arsenal.
'Celtic have informed us of their intentions about Ki Sung-yong,' Seoul's general manager Kang Myong-won told Sports Seoul.
'We understand that the player may want to move but this is not a good time for us to sell.'
Seoul are currently six points clear at the top of the K-League and will face Qatar's Umm Salal in the Asian Champions League quarter-finals next month
Discuss Ki Sung-yong all threads merged in the Transfer Rumours area at TalkCeltic.net.
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Another part of the market looking to be covered. Never know, the lad could be the next Park-Ji-Sung. Need to wait and see I suppose
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Never seen the boy play (not that I remember).
Mowbray's transfers have been good so far so I've got faith in the big man.
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another midfeilder..........i want a striker:icon_mrgreen:
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Havent seen him play so dont know much about him
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His team mate Lee Chung-Yong joined Bolton and both are rated quite highly and since I think he spent some time in Australia there shouldn't be a language barrier and the culture shock wouldn't be such an issue as for example with Koki and Naka.
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I found this about him on you tube have a look... YouTube - Ki Sung-Yong Goal Parade(2008. 8/23~10/15)
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looks a decent player. It's a part of the world we should be looking at. I'm sure there are quality players in Asia, plus the commercial side of things is an added bonus aswell.
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6ft 1 Korean wow lol
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only 20, could be a good buy, watched him on youtube and hes similar to donati with his long passes
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He is a central or defensive midfielder and even though he is pretty young he is a regular for South Korea, which is a good sign as they are a half-decent team. -
Looks like a talent and if big Tony likes him then im willing to have faith in him, as I have not been disappointed with his signings so far.
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there's the link to the source
Celtic in hunt to sign South Korea midfielder Ki Sung-yong | Mail Online
never heard of the lad. hopefully one of our oriental followers can indulge us.
wiki says Porto, Hamburg and PSV have been linked with him in the past and that he has 'signed a 10 year deal' with us lol. -
Leone will be delighted.
I wouldn't mind seeing him here, we could use someone from Asia for our market there. And I hope he has what it takes to succeed at Celtic. -
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lunch time sortsd desk confirmed it
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Did you hear about him before or this is the first time you've seen him?
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Heard of him once. Seems left-footed, has a good shot, from what I can see. And this time, all the *' muppets babbling about Naka's and Koki's light build, can't say that about Ki Sung-Young. 187 cm. Taller than all of our MF-s. -
it also says this bhoys,,so you never know?
FC Seoul refused an offer from Scottish club Glasgow Celtic for midfielder Ki Sung-yueng last week, saying the player is too vital to the team.
``Celtic sent us an official offer, which includes the transfer fee offer. We sent it to FC Seoul,'' an official at IB Sports, Lee's agency, told The Korea Times, Tuesday. ``The transfer fee is between 2 million euros (3.5 billion won or $2.9 million) and 3 million euros (5.3 billion won or $4.3 million).''
If FC Seoul had accepted the transaction, it would have been one of the most expensive deals ever for a K-League player.
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