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[tsportsday]

There can’t be many footballers who have gone from playing for a military team to the cover of Vogue in a few months.But that’s just one of the ways South Korean striker Cho Gue-sung’s life has changed in the last year or so.Last year was a decent one for Cho. He joined Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, one of Korea’s top teams, in 2020 but took a while to find his feet. He had been a defensive midfielder until only a few years before, moving up front to take better advantage of his 6ft 2in (188cm) height and pace, but he was still relatively young in the position.As Korean players sometimes do, he used his mandatory period of military service as a bit of a reset, and to help improve his physical condition. He joined Gimcheon Sangmu — a team comprised of players on military service that was in the second tier at the time — on loan from Jeonbuk, where he rediscovered his form and started scoring goals again, which helped them win promotion.He earned a call-up to the national team too and, by the latter half of the year, he had returned to his parent club, finished as joint-top scorer in the K League 1 (level with Joo Min-kyu) and established himself as one of the main forward options for South Korea as the World Cup in Qatar approached. Cho in action at the World Cup last year (Khalil Bashar/Jam Media/Getty Images)Even then, though, he was relatively low-key — “insignificant”, in his own words, mainly known by Korean football fans but not too many beyond that.But then came the World Cup, and everything was different.“There have been so many changes in the last year,” Cho, 25, tells The Athletic now, employing considerable understatement. “But I have enjoyed them.”In Qatar, Cho was brought into the South Korea team for their second game, against Ghana, and he scored twice despite his team losing 3-2. But it was during the first game against Uruguay — in which he only played 16 minutes as a substitute — when the madness began.That’s when people started to notice that he was, for want of a more elegant phrase, smoking hot. Shots of him sitting on the sidelines and warming up went around social media at pace, proving that if the internet is good at nothing else, it’s disseminating images of very attractive people.TikTok was flooded with clips celebrating his beauty, videos of Cho doing such outrageously saucy things as walking down the side of a football pitch and sitting with his arms folded. It didn’t seem to matter what he was doing; the internet seemed to find even his most banal activities devastatingly sexy.Before the tournament, he had about 20,000 Instagram followers. That shot up to about 1.6million during the World Cup, and peaked at about 2.7m after it. It didn’t seem to matter that he barely posts on it; any images of his broad shoulders and razor cheekbones were worth the follow. Cho at a Louis Vuitton show in January (Han Myung-Gu/WireImage)The story was that he had to turn his phone off for most of the tournament because dealing with notifications had become a full-time job, although Cho plays that down. “It’s been a bit exaggerated,” he says. “I already turned off my notifications (before the World Cup) so I could focus on the tournament.”There was a danger that sudden celebrity and sex-symbol status could interfere with his focus, but Cho claims that the only pressure was self-imposed.“There weren’t any obstacles during the World Cup. I was only focusing on football. I usually don’t care about people’s high expectations, but I put a lot of pressure on myself, which became a bit of a burden.”Cho enamoured himself yet more to the watching public by briskly telling off Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo for not departing the pitch quickly enough when substituted in their final group game.South Korea got through the groups but were knocked out in the round of 16, losing 4-1 to Brazil. Their World Cup was over, but things were only just beginning for Cho. He became just the fifth man and the second sportsperson to ever appear on the cover of Vogue Korea, shot in moody black and white, holding a football but having carelessly forgotten to put a shirt on. His celebrity skyrocketed.He was sought after for TV appearances, guesting on a Korean show called I Live Alone, which is designed to go behind the scenes of a celebrity’s life and is, apparently, not as bleak as its title suggests, and also the popular quiz show You Quiz on the Block.He reached the level of celebrity where his personal grooming choices caused great furore. In September, pictures of his hair in cornrows sparked a lengthy internet debate. A poll saw him voted him the second-most desirable Korean male celebrity, behind only actor Song Kang. And, of course, speculation about his personal life became rampant, with a spike in stories linking him with assorted models and celebrities during and after the World Cup.Cho seemed to deal with all of this relatively well, even though he did occasionally find it quite alarming. South Korea played a couple of games in the UK in September, and he couldn’t escape the attention there either.“Since I became more famous, many people have recognised me. People were even recognising me when I travelled to London with the national team — that was really surprising.” The forward celebrates scoring against Ghana at the World Cup (Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)Not so surprising is being spotted out and about back home, but it sounds like he’s in ‘causing a minor riot in a local coffee shop’ territory, even when he tries to go out in disguise. “When I am back in Korea, I wear a hat and a mask but people still recognise me,” he says. “One time, people started chasing me down the street. That was crazy.”Thirsty members of the public weren’t the only people chasing him. After his goals for Jeonbuk and his performances in Qatar, the offers from people who wanted him for his goals rather than his looks came flooding in.Cho, though, took his time. “In the winter transfer window, there were many offers from a lot of different clubs, but I waited until the summer. There were several unofficial offers, from England and Scotland. But once I made my decision, I stuck with it.”Leicester City, Watford and Celtic were said to be among the many teams interested but, in the end, he made the perhaps slightly surprising choice to sign for Midtjylland in Denmark, who picked him up for a relatively modest £2.6million ($3.27m).It’s tempting to wonder if he picked Denmark because, after his explosion of celebrity and inability to walk down the street without causing an incident back home, it is slightly more understated in terms of attention.He says that wasn’t a factor, though. “I wasn’t afraid of the media attention, but I only wanted to focus on football. I wanted a club where I would start in every game. I was sure that Midtjylland could offer me that. Midtjylland was the most interested, so that’s why I picked them.”Luckily, he knows a few people who have been in similar situations who can offer him advice on how to deal with the sudden fame. Regardless of how well-known Cho becomes because of his looks, it’s unlikely he will reach the god-like status of his international captain Son Heung-min.Cho has benefited from a mentor, too — another countryman who became an icon in South Korea and was faced with the delicate decision of choosing the right club when moving to Europe.“Park Ji-sung is a director of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, my old club,” Cho says. “He didn’t give me advice in terms of how to deal with fame, but he gave me a lot of advice about moving to Europe, about building a new life there. He told me to choose a team where I knew I would play, because that’s what he did when he moved to PSV Eindhoven.”It looks like Cho made a shrewd choice. Midtjylland are top of the Danish Superliga as they break for the winter, and he has eight goals in 16 league games. Who knows whether his footballing achievements will ever quite square with his levels of fame, but Cho doesn’t seem to be overthinking it.“I consider how I lead my everyday life and being happy now, rather than looking to the future. I don’t think about that yet.”(Top photo: Eric Verhoeven/Soccrates/Getty Images) !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments); if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)(window, document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '207679059578897'); fbq('track', 'PageView');

[nolut]

Millwall No One Likes Us Talkin Monthly Show, hosted by Myles Thornton with former Lion Phil Coleman and Ted ‘The Famous’ Robinson.  Myles welcomed Phi and Ted to the June Monthly show. They discussed:

The need to get the Football Governance Bill over the line and canvas MPs to support its urgent implementation;

The impact of Dementia in football and a question of care for those suffering within the game by former Lion Bryan King;

Three significant departures within the club's management, two departures from the first-team playing staff, and young players departing the U21s and Academy; 

The appointment of Joe Gallen and Mark Fairbrother; and

Playing staff needs for the forthcoming season.

Music and Audio credits: https://www.FesliyanStudios.com Background Music https://www.maritimeradio.co.uk/ Background Music and Reports

[eurofootnews]

Quels sont les joueurs les mieux payés de #Premier_League

Continue reading Quels sont les joueurs les mieux payés de #Premier_League

[kienthucbet]

3 thương vụ chuyển nhượng thành công nhất trong lịch sử Manchester United

#ManUnited #RioFerdinand #Ronaldo #bruno #premier_league #chuyển_nhượng_mùa_hè

[correctsuccess]

Players over 30 increasingly irrelevant, concedes PKNS FC star-turned financial planner Fauzan Dzulkifli Fauzan Dzulkifli used to protect the center of the park for PKNS FC. After hanging up his boots, he now guards his purchasers' monetary future. By his personal admission, former Selangor, PKNS FC, Felda United and Penang FC midfielder Fauzan Dzulkifli's identify will not be as well-known as his friends. Maybe that's the reason when he hung his boots in 2020, the information barely registered amo... #concedes #correct_success #credit_score #dzulkifli #fauzan #features_opinions #finance #financial #financial_management #increasingly #irrelevant #malaysia #pkns #planner #players #premier_league #starturned #super_league

[magaratimesfm]

#RMT: Inkino zabaye kuri uyu wa 30 Nzero 2021 mu mahiganwa 5 k' umugabane wa #Bulaya.... - #RMTUpDates

#RMT: Inkino zabaye kuri uyu wa 30 Nzero 2021 mu mahiganwa 5 k' umugabane wa #Bulaya…. – #RMTUpDates

Inkino zabaye kuri uyu wa 30 Nzero 2021 mu mahiganwa 5 k' umugabane wa #Bulaya. 🇫🇴#Premier_League R21 FT: Everton 0-2 Newcastle Goals: Wilson 73', 90+3' FT: Man City 1-0 Sheffield Goal: Jesus9' FT: Crystal Palace 1-0 Wolves Goal: Eze 60' FT: West Ham 2-2 Fulham Goals: Reid 10', Barthly 47', Pereira 66', Cavaleiro 77' FT: Arsenal 0-0 Man United 🇪🇸#LaligaSatander R21 FT: Eibar 0-2 Séville Goals:…

[sixyardsout]

Would you like a blackout version of yours clubs kit. #MCIMUN #EFL #Premier_League #ManchesterDerby #TottenhamHotspur #FootballChampionships #SoccerAM #footballsunday #soccer https://www.instagram.com/p/B5zhpnIgiFt/?igshid=18y0fm7e40mfa

[manchesterunitedcollage]

Not exactly the list of players Manchester United fans will want to see absent this Sunday https://manchesterunitedweekly.blogspot.com/2019/10/manchester-united-return-to-field-what.html?m=1 #MUFC #premier_league #premierleague https://www.instagram.com/p/B3zsDLYHDqM/?igshid=1lqdgvhhp4i7u

[tsportsday]

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[nolut]

Myles Thornton hosts the team of Phil Coleman and Ted Robinson for the second monthly show of the 23/24 season. The team discussed:

The impact of loan deals on players

Gary Rowett is the criticism aimed at him deserved?

Prices in football

Background Music credits: https://www.FesliyanStudios.com Music credits: Yugen - Emotional Ethnic Music by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

[laponturi]

West Bromwich – Aston Villa

Meciul zilei

West Bromwich – Aston Villa, 22.00. Lupta pentru #Premier_League

Play-offul pentru promovarea in #Premier_League este parca mai interesant ca niciodată in acest sezon. Prezenta unor echipe care au scris istorie in fotbalul englez atrage atenția multor fani din întreaga Europa. Astăzi se joaca al doilea episod al acestei batalii pentru ultimul loc in ediția viitoare a primei ligi din Albion. West Brom o va avea ca adversara pe Aston Villa in returul uneia dintre cele doua semifinale ale acestui playoff. In tur, trupa din Birmingham, fosta câștigătoare a Cupei Campionilor Europeni s-a impus cu 2-1 după ce a fost condusă pe tabela. Iar misiunea gazdelor in aceasta seara nu va fi deloc ușoară in dorința de a întoarce soarta dublei manșe. Absentele golgheterului Gayle, eliminat in meciul tur si a galezului Robson Kanu ii dau mari bătăi de cap antrenorului lui West Brom. Mai mult si veteranul Gareth Barry este accidentat pentru duelul de diseară. Aceste lucruri nu ii împiedica pe fani sa viseze ca echipa lor va reveni după doar un an in Premier League. Aston Villa a strâns deja trei sezoane consecutive in Championship iar acum ajunge pentru a doua oară in playofful de accedere in Premier League, in acest interval. Stagiunea trecută trupa de pe Villa Park a fost învinsă chiar in finala de Fulham. Cele doua au terminat pe locurile 4 si 5 in campionat cu West Brom având avantajul manșei decisive pe teren propriu gratie clasării mai bune la sfârșitul celor 46 de etape ale campionatului. In cele doua dueluri din Championship, #WBA a obținut 4 puncte după un succes in deplasare si o remiza pe teren propriu. Învingătoarea din aceasta dubla va întâlni in finala de pe Wembley câștigătoarea dintre Leeds si Derby County. In prima manșa Leeds a câștigat cu 1-0 pe terenul echipei antrenate de Frank Lampard. Meciul dintre #West_Brom si Aston_Villa se joaca diseară la ora 22.00 si va decide prima finalista a barajului de promovare in #Premier_League.

https://www.laponturi.ro/west-bromwich-aston-villa-14-05-2019/

[footballgh]

Watvh latest goals & highligthts http://www.footballgh.org/tottenham-4-0-huddersfield/ #tottenham 4-0 #huddersfield_town #football #footballgh #goals❤️ #highlights #premier_league https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNY6NqHYpz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17ibymc3gr35h

[matchjar]

⚽️: PL Highlights: Sheffield Utd 1 Albion 0 (Click the PLAY BUTTON to view NOW)⚡️ Already relegated Sheffield United inflict defeat on the Seagulls. 👇 #EPL_Highlights #MatchJar

[correctsuccess]

Jose Mourinho: Tanguy Ndombele deserves all the credit for his Spurs revival Jose Mourinho praised Tanguy Ndombele’s need to show his Tottenham profession round after the Frenchman’s “genius” objective sealed a 3-1 win at Sheffield United. Spurs’ file signing appeared set for the exit door when Mourinho arrived on the membership after struggling to adapt to the Premier League, with the Portuguese frequently criticising the midfielder’s starvation... #chris_wilder #football #jose_mourinho #premier_league #sheffield_united #tottenham_hotspur

[magaratimesfm]

#RMT: Inkino zabaye inyuma y' isaha zitatu(21h00) z' ijoro kuri uyu wa 30 Nzero 2021.... - #RMTUpDates

#RMT: Inkino zabaye inyuma y' isaha zitatu(21h00) z' ijoro kuri uyu wa 30 Nzero 2021…. – #RMTUpDates

Inkino zabaye inyuma y' isaha zitatu(21h00) z' ijoro kuri uyu wa 30 Nzero 2021. 🇫🇴#Premier_League R21 FT: Southampton 0-1 Aston Villa Goal: Barkley 41' 🇪🇸#LaligaSatander R21 FT: Villarreal 1-1 Real Sociedad Goals: Parejo 3', Isak 90+3' 🇮🇹#SérieA R21 FT: Inter Milan 4-0 Benevento Goals: Improta 7'(OG), Martinez 57', Lukaku 67', 78' #PérèsNIBIGIRA Source