Chung Mong-gyu, President of the Korea Football Association

The chairman of the National Team Strengthening Committee, Jeong Hae-seong, who was leading the selection of a new head coach for the national soccer team, has expressed his intention to resign. However, the Korea Football Association has stated that they will select a new coach as scheduled.

Chairman Jeong Hae-seong expressed his intention to resign on the 28th. It is reported in the soccer world that Chairman Jeong Hae-seong had a conflict with the association’s leadership and ultimately decided to step down.

There are concerns that the sudden resignation of the head of the Strengthening Committee will further delay the selection of a new head coach for the national team.

Since the opponent team for the 2026 North and Central America FIFA World Cup Asian region 3rd qualifying round has been decided, any further delay in the appointment will inevitably lead to disruption in preparation. 슬롯사이트

Accordingly, the association is in the position of quickly appointing a head to replace Chairman Jeong and finalizing the appointment of the coach as soon as possible.

An association official said, “Since the chairman of the association’s technology development committee, Lim Saeng, has been involved in the selection process for the new coach, there will be no major issues,” and added, “The selection will be made within the 10th of next month,” and expressed that the selection process for the new coach will proceed without interruption.

The new coach is likely to be a foreign coach. Hong Myung-bo, the Ulsan HD coach who has been mentioned as a domestic coach, has consistently declined the position of national team coach. Coach Kim Do-hoon also officially declined the position in a recent interview with a media outlet. Another candidate, coach Shin Tae-yong, recently extended his contract with the Indonesian Football Association until 2027. It has been reported that Chairman Lim Saeng will personally meet with the four final candidates selected by the power reinforcement committee. Korea has been unable to find a new coach for over four months since dismissing coach Jurgen Klinsmann in February. In the process, the unusual situation of entrusting the national team to two interim coaches has arisen. However, with only about two months left until the first match of the third preliminary round against Palestine on September 5, a new leader must be appointed. Two months is not a long time for a new leader to get to know the third preliminary round opponent team, the national team. Korea previously struggled in the third preliminary rounds of the 2014 Brazil World Cup and the 2018 Russia World Cup. 토토사이트