Belgian football team unexpectedly successfully recruited Nguyen Cong Phuong
(Baonghean.vn) - Not returning to V.League, nor France being the next destination for Nguyen Cong Phuong, the Nghe An striker will go to Europe to play for the Belgian club Sint-Truidense VV.
At 12:50 noon today (June 30), pageSponichi Annex (Japan)posted a very interesting news: "Sint-Truidense VV will have Nguyen Cong Phuong, a player who used to play for Mito Hollyhock".
The content of the news mentioned: “One day before, on June 29, Sint-Truidense VV - a club playing in the Belgian National Championship, will have the signature of Vietnamese national player Nguyen Cong Phuong. This player used to play for Mito Hollyhock in J.League 2. This information will also be announced in Vietnam in the near future”.
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Nguyen Cong Phuong is now the most beloved star of Vietnamese football. Photo: Nguyen Khanh |
The information that Cong Phuong has joined Sint-Truidense VV is said to be completely correct. The representative of this team will soon come to Vietnam to sign a contract with Cong Phuong. It is known that Cong Phuong will play football in Europe for 1 year.
Sponichi Annex wrote about Cong Phuong: “This is a player with a height of about 1m68, good at dribbling and nicknamed Vietnamese Messi. Cong Phuong moved to Mito Hollyhock in 2016 under a loan contract from HAGL.
He has now matured a lot, especially in the match against Japan in the quarter-finals of the 2019 Asian Cup in January. This season, he played for Incheon United on loan from HAGL but ended his journey in Korea early."
Sint-Truidense VV is a Belgian club founded in 1924. In the 2018/2019 season, Sint-Truidense VV ranked 7th/16 with 47 points after 30 matches in the Belgian National Championship.

Cong Phuong does not have a visa to go to France yet, still keeping the secret of the club coming for a trial
Cong Phuong still does not have a visa to go to France and his trial destination is still a secret.