Xuan Son's price increases, most expensive in Vietnam team; Man City's new recruit's sky-high salary
Revealing the first 3 players that coach Kim Sang-sik is targeting for the SEA Games; Xuan Son's price increases, the most expensive player in the Vietnam team; The sky-high salary of Man City's new recruit... are notable sports news in the past 24 hours.
Revealed the first 3 players that coach Kim Sang-sik is targeting for the SEA Games
According to some sources, Coach Kim has targeted 3 names for U22 Vietnam: Khuat Van Khang, Tran Trung Kien and Bui Vi Hao. All 3 of these players are also in the Vietnam team.AFF Cup 2024. Of which, Van Khang had 3 starts and 1 match from the bench. As for Vi Hao, he had 6 appearances, scored 1 goal and contributed 1 assist. Only goalkeeper Tran Trung Kien was not given a single minute of play by coach Kim Sang-sik during the entire journey to win the championship of the Vietnamese team.
Overall, all three have not left a strong impression on the Vietnamese national team. But compared to players of the same age, they have shown their superiority and being called up to the national team is proof of that.
In the coming time, Coach Kim Sang-sik will have to continue looking for about 20 more players to prepare for SEA Games 33.
Vietnam women's futsal team won ticket to Asian final round with group win
On the afternoon of January 19, in Myanmar, the Vietnamese women's futsal team faced Taipei (China) in the final match of Group D, the qualifying round of the 2025 Asian Women's Futsal Championship.
The Taipei women's futsal team (China) opened the score in the 10th minute thanks to Chen Min Huang. After conceding the goal, the Vietnamese women's futsal team stepped up their attack and just 1 minute later brought the match back to the starting line. From a very good coordination, Bien Thi Hang created a favorable pass for Le Thi Thanh Ngan to finish decisively, equalizing the score 1-1.
In the 17th minute, the Chinese Taipei women's futsal team took the lead again. The scorer was Liu Chih Ling, after taking advantage of the opportunity from a corner kick on the right wing.
The score of 2-1 was maintained by the Taipei women's futsal team (China) until the end of the second half. It was not until the 39th minute that the Vietnamese women's futsal team was able to equalize thanks to the power-play tactic and the goal scorer was Bien Thi Hang.
Drawing 2-2 with Taipei (China), the Vietnamese women's futsal team has 7 points after 3 matches, winning a ticket to the 2025 Asian Cup finals as the top team in Group D.
With 7 points but losing on secondary index, Chinese Taipei won second place in the group and also won a ticket to the final round.
The 2025 Asian Cup finals will take place from May 7 to 18 in China. Currently, there are 8 teams qualified to participate, including: Vietnam, China, Iran, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Hong Kong (China) and Taipei (China).
The staggering salary of Man City's new recruit
Bild revealed that Marmoush will become Man City's new recruit, after agreeing a five-year contract, with a salary of £270,000/week (equivalent to 300,000/week) at the Etihad Stadium.
This is a shocking income for many people, because the Egyptian striker is just a rookie of the team, and has not yet proven his talent at any big club. With an income of 270,000 pounds/week, Marmoush will be in the top 5 highest paid players of Man City at present, surpassing Phil Foden, Rodri or Gundogan, who receive less than 250,000 pounds/week.
At Man City, Haaland is currently the highest paid striker with an income of 500,000 pounds/week, followed by De Bruyne (400,000 pounds/week), and Bernardo Silva, Jack Grealish (both receive 300,000 pounds/week).
Marmoush has been a sensation in the Bundesliga this season, scoring 15 goals and providing 9 assists in 17 games, just one goal behind leader Harry Kane in the race for the Golden Boot. Manchester City agreed to pay 80 million euros for the player, as Frankfurt demanded.
Xuan Son's price increases, most expensive in Vietnam team
Xuan Son is currently recovering from a serious injury suffered in the second leg of the 2024 ASEAN Cup final in Thailand. Although he was unable to participate in that match,Xuan Son Still the top scorer and best player of the tournament when scoring 7 goals and 2 assists for the "Golden Star Warriors".
Xuan Son's quick integration and adaptation to the national team has helped his value increase by 40%. Accordingly, Transfermarkt valued Nguyen Xuan Son at 700,000 euros (over 18 billion VND), 200,000 euros higher than before the ASEAN Cup 2024 opened.
Thus, the Brazilian striker has surpassed goalkeeper Nguyen Filip to become the Vietnamese player with the highest transfer value in history. More than a month ago, Nguyen Filip had a transfer value of 600,000 euros. However, because he does not have a starting position in the national team, his value has now decreased to 500,000 euros, behind Xuan Son./.