K-League's best named Lingard surprisingly appointed as Seoul's new captain...Kim Jinsoo is the vice-captain of the same age
Jan 15, 2025
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On the 15th, Seoul coach Kim Ki-dong chose Lingard and Kim Jin-soo to lead the new season's squad. Both players were considered to be the right person to lead the team as one above all, with a lot of respect and trust among the players in the form of leading by example in everything. In particular, Lingard, who showed sufficient capabilities as a temporary captain last year, and Kim Jin-soo, who has rich captaincy experience, led Kim Ki-dong's choice, he said.
The club introduced its new captain Lingard as a `foreign player in the second year of Seoul, who is a strong supporter of the revival of Seoul and the box office hit of the K-League's first 500,000 spectators,' and commented 'He served as a bridge between the coaching staff and the team with his unique sincerity and responsibility by serving as a temporary captain last year.'
Lingard is honored to captain the club representing the K-League. It will not be an easy journey as we have to set a high goal this season, but we are doing our best to prepare. Thank you for the tremendous support from Seoul fans last season, and we are looking forward to seeing many Seoul fans who will come to the stadium to support us in the upcoming 2025 season," he said.
Vice-captain Kim Jin-soo, who left Jeonbuk this year and entered Seoul for the first time as the team leader, said "All Seoul players are training to their best ahead of the 2025 season. As soon as I joined the team, I took on the role of vice-captain of Seoul, and I will always think about how I can be of help to the team"He expressed his determination.
Seoul said that `Living Legend', which has been dedicated as captain so far, will pass down the captain role to his juniors and help the new captaincy team to continue his responsibility and role as the team's spiritual leader.'
Seoul, which ranked fourth in the league in the first season of head coach Kim's appointment, has been conducting the first off-season training in Hanoi, Vietnam, since the 5th. After training in Hanoi until the 24th, he will begin tempering in Kagoshima, Japan from the 27th to the 10th of next month. Coach Kim said in a media day on the 3rd, `Last year, if we had a season with excitement, we will start preparing for the season with the expectation that we can go to a higher position this year."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
