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[Joe Hart bids farewell to Manchester City fans. “Thanks for all the support. I will always support Manchester City, even from afar.”]

Excluded from Pep Guardiola’s plans, Joe Hart announced through the media that he would transfer in the winter transfer window, leaving a heartfelt letter for City fans that tugged at their hearts.

[Manchester City fans criticize Guardiola. “You shouldn’t let Joe Hart go like that!”]

The unilateral release of Joe Hart, a team legend, increased local fans’ criticism against Pep Guardiola.

[Zlatan Ibrahimović criticizes Pep Guardiola again. ‘He’s a great manager, but as a person, he’s a coward.’]

[‘You’re completely right.’ Pep Guardiola sharply mocked Zlatan’s claims.]

└ Looks like Pep’s personality isn’t great.

└ What personality? If we only listen to Zlatan’s words, then isn’t Zlatan’s personality questionable?

└ Zlatan’s just very narcissistic, but isn’t his personality fine?

└ [Compilation of Zlatan Ibrahimović mentioning Son Jinho.]

└ Wow, lol, did Zlatan just respect our bro?

└ From now on, I declare that Zlatan is one with Hoo-woo.

At the same time, memories of Zlatan and Eto’o were brought back into the spotlight, reigniting the controversy over Pep Guardiola’s character.

[Xabi Alonso from Real Madrid will join Manchester City after the season. “I’m happy to learn football from Pep Guardiola. He’s one of the best managers.”]

Despite these controversies, countless players still wished to play under Pep Guardiola’s guidance, and there were no major issues.

That’s because Pep Guardiola’s football was attractive. And the Manchester City hierarchy’s support for Guardiola was also quite certain. Local fans seemed to be putting aside their discontent, backed by City’s performance.

Anyway, I was enjoying the fire in the neighbor’s house.

“Glazer OUT! Get out, you bastards!”

“Love United! Hate Glazer!”

After finishing my firewatching, I returned home laughing, only to find Manchester United was also on fire.

***

– Gyeouri: (Glazer, prioritizing profit over team performance? No investment in the team since the takeover, just taking dividends…)

– Gyeouri: Is this what a club owner looks like…

– Chairman Hwang Geum-soon: I really thought our owner was a complete bastard. Turns out, beneath the bottom, there’s a basement.

– Cheolmo: lololololol

– Cheolmo: What a fitting club owner for Man U.

– Cheolmo: Long live Glazer!!

– Gyeouri: Blocked.

– Hoo-woo: lolololol

– Hoo-woo: But still, the team’s performance is decent.

– Gyeouri: T_T If the team’s performance wasn’t good, I would have cried for real.

– Cheolmo: Long live Glazer.

– Gyeouri: By the way, Son Jinho. Is there any chance the owner would change under such protests?

– Hoo-woo: Glazer OUT is an annual event. I don’t think he’ll change.

– Gyeouri: Ah…

– Gyeouri: (Ferguson still claims he trusts Glazer…)

– Cheolmo: Long live Glazer, which even acknowledged by manager Ferguson!

– Gyeouri: Grandfather, please stopㅠㅠ Don’t protect that bastardㅠ

– Gyeouri: Should I tell Grandma Kessy?

– Cheolmo: …Did you really block me?

– Gyeouri: I didn’t.

***

The second leg match against Celtic ended in a 0-0 draw.

With the upcoming Premier League match against Sunderland in the 7th round.

Messages arrived from Hyung-seong and Cheong-ryong.

– Ki Sung-yueng: Jinho, it’s your brothers. Take it easy.

– Lee Cheong-ryong: After the match, let’s eat together with Jisong hyung and the four of us.

Hyung-seong was on loan to Sunderland due to conflicts with coach Michael Laudrup, while Cheong-ryong transferred to Sunderland after Bolton was relegated to the second division last season.

There were offers from mid-tier teams, but with the 2014 Brazil World Cup just around the corner.

Cheong-ryong chose a team where he could start to boost his condition, and that was Sunderland.

[Reunion of the ‘Twin Dragons’ at Sunderland. Still showcasing fantastic chemistry….]

The soulmates, Hyung-seong and Cheong-ryong, unexpectedly reunited at Sunderland, creating synergy and putting on an impressive performance.

[The four Premier League representatives from South Korea clash at Sunderland’s home ground, the Stadium of Light!]

Anyway, Jisong hyung, Cheong-ryong, Hyung-seong, and I.

In a situation where four Korean players were facing off.

Naturally, this drew much attention from both Korea and Asia.

[Asia’s top sports star Son Jinho. Overwhelming number one in Manchester United jersey sales?]

It was a rare sight to have four Asians participating in a match, and Son Jinho’s fanbase in Asia was huge.

Seizing the opportunity, the English Football Association adjusted the match time for Korean viewers to row their boat when the water rises.

[EPL Secretariat adjusts the Man U vs Sunderland match time. October 5th at 23:00 Korean time.]

‘Is this the phenomenon of capitalism embodied by Anglo-Saxons?’

I felt like I caught a glimpse of why the Premier League could be the most commercially successful.

‘The smell of money is unmistakable.’

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[Live) Man U 0 : 0 Sunderland starting lineup announced.]

– Lee Cheong-ryong, Ki Sung-yueng, Son Jinho. All starting.

– Park Jisong on the substitute list.

└ Wow…. Look at the viewership, SBK who got the Premier League broadcast rights is overjoyed that Son Jinho transferred lol.

└ For real lol, the Son Jinho effect is crazy lol.

└ Is this guy gonna make it? lol

└ TBS, who was broadcasting the Premier League last season, must be crying tears of blood ㅠㅠ.

└ I wonder if Jisong hyung might get a chance to play, even if it’s just as a substitute?

└ I don’t know, since his knees aren’t great ㅠㅠ.

└ But still, three Koreans playing in one match.

└ Wow…. I can’t believe this day is actually coming.

└ Does that mean we might have hopes for the Round of 16 in the Brazil World Cup?

└ If Son Jinho had been there, we’d be safe as a bank, damn it;

└ Why can’t the association bring Jinho hyung back, those bastards.

└ Would you return to the national team if you were in his shoes?

└ Even without Son Jinho, Lee Cheong-ryong has been on form since last season, so who knows.

└ Ugh. If it wasn’t that murderous tackle, Cheong-ryong could’ve moved to a better clubㅠㅠ.

└ T_T Tom Miller is such a jerk.

└ Still, ever since Tom Miller’s murderous tackle, Cheong-ryong seems to have changed as a person. He feels more mature now.

└ I agree, he doesn’t make those nasty tackles anymore.

└ Wow. Just yesterday it feels like he was talking about back-tackling Beckham and deducted from my paycheck.

└ ?? Wasn’t that something Nam-gil said? Similar to what Zidane said after injuring someone.

└ Oh, right;; that was Nam-gil, but why was there no sense of incongruity lol.

└ Even if he said that, it wouldn’t be weird to me lol.

└ Is this the image?

└ For real, if my bro said it, it would’ve caused cognitive dissonance lol.

└ My bro? Who? Ronaldo?

└ No, you idiot, it’s Jinho hyung. Why would Ronaldo be my bro?

└ ???

└ Son Jinho was born in ’95, right? What year are you from?

└ I’m from ’83.

└ Isn’t it embarrassing that ’83 thinks of ’95 as a bro when they’re 12 years apart?

└ If you have money, you’re my bro, idiot.

– The match starts. Manchester United kicks off.

└ The match has started, so stop fighting now.

└ For real, we’re fighting over trivial stuff.

– 3 minutes into the first half. Danny Welbeck scores the opener.

– Ronaldo assists, Son Jinho as the starting point.

└ Seriously??

└ Did that Welbeck guy just score?

└ For real lol, can’t believe it even after watching.

└ Wow. Sunderland looks like they’re in for a rough game today. It’s a good day for Man U lol.

└ For real, if Welbeck scored, it’s game over lol.

***

The match between Sunderland and Man U ended with a score of 4 to 1 in favor of Man U.

Well… it was unavoidable. There was a gap in class between Man U and Sunderland that couldn’t be crossed.

Still, in the 60th minute of the second half, with Manchester United leading 3-0, Jisong hyung entered as a substitute, creating a rare record of four Korean players playing simultaneously.

Even though Jisong hyung couldn’t play many matches due to chronic knee injuries, he occasionally got substituted and performed decently.

Cheong-ryong and Hyung-seong showcased good performances against Manchester United and successfully scored a consolation goal just before the match ended, catching the attention of the winger collector, Ferguson.

[In an interview with a Korean reporter, Alex Ferguson praises the development of Korean football. “Starting with Jisong, many good players are emerging from Korea.”]

[The Football Association boasting about Alex Ferguson’s words. “The development of Korean football was possible thanks to the association’s efforts…”]

└ Damn those bastards in the Football Association, you didn’t do anything.

└ What nonsense. Son Jinho’s studies in Germany were led by the association. Of course, they also spearheaded the Son Jinho retirement incident lol.

└ It’s like plus-minus zero?

└ No, it definitely counts as minus; it caused more mental anguish to Korean football fans.

└ Seriously, isn’t it frustrating that Son Jinho, a player from our country, isn’t seen with the national team!!

[On October 12th, the South Korean national team will have a friendly match against Brazil at Seoul Sangam World Cup Stadium.]

While the association was bragging, the October international match period had arrived.

My social media started filling up with regrets, despair, obsession, and screams of the anguished souls.

 

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