President Yoon Seok-yeol said on the 30th regarding the continuing controversy in the process of selecting the national soccer team coach, “The selection of the coach, who is the head coach of the national soccer team, who is receiving great attention and love from the people, must be conducted fairly and responsibly from the beginning.”
On this day, President Yoon received a report from Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon on the results of the audit on the selection of the Korea Football Association’s national team coach, and said, “The national team should be a source of pride for the people of the Republic of Korea,” Presidential Office Spokesperson Jeong Hye-jeon reported in a written briefing. .
The report included the fact that there were procedural problems as the selection of the national soccer team coach was not carried out according to regulations.
President Yoon said, “The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, which is responsible for managing and supervising the Korea Football Association, must clearly reveal the truth about the various allegations and prepare a clear improvement plan to correct wrong practices on the field.”
Director Hong has been criticized for unfair and unclear procedures since his appointment last July. Accordingly, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has been conducting an audit of the Korea Football Association. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to announce the audit results through a public briefing on the 2nd of next month.
Ahead of the announcement of the audit results, Coach Hong held a press conference at the Football Center on this day to express his frustration over the unfairness of his selection process and requested that the Korea Football Association make the entire process transparent.
Director Hong said, “Personally, there are parts of it that are unfair. When I asked (the association) whether it went through a normal process, I was told that it was normal, and I was also told that I was the top candidate.” “A way to verify it,” he suggested.
After dismissing coach Jurgen Klinsmann in February, the Korea Football Association appointed coach Hong, who was leading Ulsan HD, as the next national team coach in July. Director Hong was appointed by Lee Im-saeng, former technical director of the association, who took over the role after Jeong Hae-sung, chairman of the Korea Football Association’s National Team Strengthening Committee, resigned.
However, differences of opinion arose surrounding the understanding of the supervisory selection authority inherited by former director Lee, whether power enhancement committee members agreed to the delegation, and verification procedures such as interviews, and with the revelations of former electric power enhancement committee member Park Joo-ho, there was strong criticism that the director selection process was unfair. I woke up.
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2024-10-01 00:20:33