Albert Celades will not be Hong Myung-bok’s coach. And Son Heung-min will continue to be the captain of the national team.

At 11 a.m. on the 29th, a press conference was held at the Football Hall on Sinmun-ro in Seoul to announce Hong Myung-bo as the new head coach of the South Korean men’s national soccer team. For nearly 50 minutes, Hong Myung-bo shared his thoughts and emotions. He also repeatedly acknowledged his past mistakes.

Since his appointment, there have been many rumors floating around. There were some big ones, 토토 but the press conference cleared up the doubts.

First, there was a rumor that former Valencia CF (Valencia) coach Albert Celades would be appointed as Hong’s head coach. Hong confirmed the news. When asked about it, he said, “It’s the first time I’ve heard that. He is not among the people I met on this (European trip),” he replied. He didn’t even meet Albert Celades during his trip to Europe to interview for the coaching staff.

There were also rumors that Son Heung-min could be removed from the national team captaincy. “I went to Europe and had a meeting with the players, and I had the same type of conversation with all the players. I heard from the players about what they want from the national team. I talked about some things about how I run the team as a coach. “We don’t have a lot of time,” he said, ”We have to convene on September 2nd and then on September 3rd. We have to convene on September 2, train on the third and play an important game. It’s risky to make big changes to the team. I will continue to trust Son Heung-min as the captain of the team. I’ll give him the role he’s been playing. But I won’t put a lot of pressure on him. I will share the burden with him,” said Hong Myung-bok, who also correctly stated that Son Heung-min is the captain.

The words that were flying around before Hong’s inaugural press conference have been neatly cleared up. Hong clarified that he is negotiating with other foreign coaches other than Albert Celades and explained that a Korean coach is also close to being appointed. He also expressed his unwavering trust in Son Heung-min. Son Heung-min is also a groundreader for the departing Hong Myung-bok.