잉글랜드 프로축구 프리미어리그 선덜랜드의 기성용(오른쪽)이 지난 11일 풀햄과의 경기에서 비토 마노네(왼쪽)와 포옹을 나누고 있다.(AFP)
영국 프리미어리그 스완지시티의 미카엘 라우드루프 감독이 선덜랜드로 임대를 보낸 기성용의 조기 복귀 가능성을 일축했다.
‘Ki Sung-yeung not to be recalled’
Manager Michael Laudrup of Swansea City, an English Premier League club, has decided not to recall Ki Sung-yeung from his loan to Sunderland back to Swansea, according to foreign media outlets.
“I think I couldn’t bring him back as it wouldn’t help either of us. He is playing there all the time so imagine I take him back and he plays sometimes or sits on the bench and they reach the final -- you can imagine mentally how that would affect the player,” Laudrup was quoted as saying.
Laudrup’s first-team squad has been badly hit with seven of his men injured ahead of the match with Manchester United, in which it lost 2-0. Swansea fans are calling for Ki to come back as the team has now gone seven games without a win this season to date.
Midfielder Ki played center-back when Swansea won the League Cup at Wembley last year but was surprisingly loaned after a falling-out with Laudrup at the end of last season.
By Yoon Ha-youn and news reports
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