'With all his heart for Vietnam, Coach Park Hang-seo refused 2 big offers from Indonesia'
Southeast Asian media reacted after learning that coach Park Hang-seo twice refused to work in Indonesia because he wanted to stay in Vietnam.
Coach Park Hang-seo rejected two big offers from Indonesia
The news that Coach Park Hang-seo twice refused to go to Indonesia has attracted the attention of the Southeast Asian press.Ball ThaiThailand's headline: "With all his heart for Vietnam, Coach Park refused 2 big offers from Indonesia". According to this newspaper, Mr. Park refused to go to Indonesia to work just because he wanted to continue staying in Vietnam.
"Mr. Park Hang-seo, former coach of the Vietnam national team, has become the target of the Indonesian national team. It is reported that the Indonesian Football Federation has sent a big offer to Coach Park, but despite that, they could not change the Korean coach's mind. Mr. Park is said to have rejected all offers from Indonesia,"Ball Thaiwrite.
"The Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) invited Coach Park to lead the Indonesian national team with a salary of up to 1.5 million USD/year (34.6 billion VND/year), but the Korean coach refused for family reasons. The second offer came from the famous Indonesian club Persib Bandung. They made an offer worth more than 900 thousand USD/year (about 22.5 billion VND). However, Coach Park refused because he wanted to focus on developing the football academy in Vietnam,"Ball Thaicontinue writing
Many Indonesian newspapers also reported that Coach Park refused the above two offers.
Coach Park Hang-seo left the Vietnam National Team at the beginning of the year. During his tenure as Head Coach of the Vietnam National Teams since October 2017, Coach Park Hang-seo has helped Vietnamese football achieve many outstanding historical achievements and is highly appreciated in the Asian football arena.
Coach Park and U23 Vietnam won the runner-up position at the 2018 U23 Asia Championship, winning the SEA Games Gold Medal twice in a row. At a higher level, Coach Park Hang-seo led the Vietnam National Team to the 3rd qualifying round of the World Cup in Asia for the first time, to the quarter-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup, and to the championship title at the 2018 AFF Cup.
