Park Ji-Sung has today claimed he hopes to spend the rest of his career at Manchester United although recognises he can’t take his position at the club for granted.
“When I came to United I didn’t expect to be here for this long,” he said. “Looking back on my career I can’t believe I’ve been here six or seven years. Hopefully this club is my last club – but you have to prove you deserve it. I hope I can improve every single day to deserve that chance. I haven’t played every match but I have to deal with that. If the manager asks you to play then you have to perform well; the boss expects it. I admit at first it’s quite difficult; but I have been here seven years now so I know how to deal with it. I’m not worried about that. I have to perform well even if I only get a short time on the pitch. If you do that then the boss gives you more chances to play. I’m satisfied with my performances so far this season but I know I can improve.”
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He really has been quality throughout, and he sells a shit load of shirts too. Priceless.
Love the guy.
Hope he gets his wish.
Long may it continue park
Big game player!
At the start of last season, Park’s play was quite frustrating, he would lose the ball quite easily and the likes…. but whenever he has played this time around, he has quite impressed with his dribbling and winning fks in good areas…
Solid guy, solid player.
I hope we stays with us.
I love the guys energy and enthusiasm but he is another one of our players who has 1 great game and 3 bad and when u play for us u have to be consistent and we have to many players who arnt berba Carrick and anderson are all good players but anrt consistent enough to play at the level we expect.
Love his professionalism. Might not be on my first list every week, but well capable for regular duty in CL and cup games. Might sit for weeks but always right in the head and puts in a United quality shift.
Both he a Smith bombed around like Terriers, but Park has the better ball, better tackle, better head for his role on the team. Also essential is to recognize the quality of the man. SKorea Captain until he retired from Internationals. They would still have him if he hadn’t stepped away. Wish Rio would follow Parks example. Proper Red. Needs a better song, but that’s just me.
A far better player than alot give him credit for. His performance against Barca in 08 was top drawer. As was his performance against Milan where he man marked Pirlo. BIG game player with great ability. An intelligent player and much more than just the energetic type some give him credit for. Really rate him I do.
Ha. Carrick not consistent enough to play for United?What the fuck has he been doing then since his arrival? Yes he has suffered a slump at times but never gives the ball away and has been our most consistent midfielder since he joined.
You GO PARK!
For those saying Carrick isnt consistent just check out his number of performances each season, even when Scholes was in his later years pomp and Hargreaves. Been missed imo and its no coincidence we have been leathered with shots since he hasnt played. His return cant come quick enough for me. Just look at Saturday. On the park 5 minutes and plays a top pass into Hernandez. Never wastes it.
most intelligent CM we have to be honest, his tenacity when he plays makes up for the lack of technical aspect. that said his runs when it comes off are good to see, to be honest if he was more gifted he’d be our own iniesta type player. thought he did good against Sunderland as well. Very intelligent player
Hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think he’ll be here forever. Not unless his third lung is going strong while he’s in his mid 30s.
Off topic:
Well done to #WillKeane called up to the ingurlund U21s today.
Joins Ben Amos for the upcoming qualifier v Iceland.
http://www.thefa.com/England/mens-under-21s/News/match-centre/2011/England-v-Iceland-Euro-2013/Match-Previews/squad-update-england-u21s-071111
Always said it and I will say it again, Park is the BEST tactical player we have at the club…. Love him to bits
Wonder how those shirt sales are doing
Just catching up with some of the videos on manunited.com commemorating SAF25.
The one of Fergie seeing the North stand renamed… Grippin stuff.
Surprisingly good interview from Becks as well. Reminiscing about his signing. Quality.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Features/2011/Nov/video-david-beckham-on-sir-alex.aspx
FletchTHEMAN
Regarding Becks, I do not care what people may say about him but he is a red to the bone… Always says the right things about the club and the boss…… Never a doubt in my mind that he loves United
Carrick not consistent enough to be at united? WTF? Carrick is VERY VERY consistent. He does his job without any complaints. Also he adds to the back four when the opposition have the ball. I hope carrick plays forever for united. And I hope he starts games now that he is back from injury starting with the swansea game.
Let me just add to that. Even the commentators in our game against sunderland were saying it that carrick is one of those players who gets stick from some fans just because he is not a flamboyant goal scoring bombing midfielder but he is an important part of the united team and style. Not everyone can be xavi or david silva.
dannysoya
Well said! Carrick sadly is an easy target for ignorant fans who do not know football from baseball
The epitome of TEAM player.
A teacher informs the class they are doing famous quotations and asks who said “Kiss me Hardy?”
Quick as a flash a black kid puts his hand up and says Lord Nelson, Battle of Trafalgar 1805,
A kid shouts out “You fucking black cunt”
“Who said that” shouted the furious teacher,
Quick as a flash the same kid puts his hand up and says “John Terry – Loftus Road 2011″
TonyBee
Quick as a flash I will say, funny as fuck……. As ever
Pissed my self
Fuck sake Keano99! Stop all the negative comments mate. I agree, we need a midfielder. As it stands now though, we have to go with what we have.
I dont eat pork because God told me not to..
well.. he didnt tell me personally but he told some other guys that told me…
well… he didnt tell them personally either ….
but they read a book that is fourteen hundred years old and written by someone unknown which tells us not to eat pork.
You must be insane to question a book like that.
RELIGION ….HUH
But Watson is it okay to love women as God said so?
I say we get Cedars on this case
holmes my dear friend ….how are you …
am off now but will finish with a good old fart gag…..
MrsBee was admiring a big diamond ring in jewellers.
She leans forward for a closer look when a fart sneaks out
Hoping no one noticed she asks, ‘How much is this?’
Jeweller replies ‘Madam, if you farted just looking at it… you’ll fucking shit yourself when you hear the price!’
Watson
@ Keano99
How dare you leave Evans out of your dig. Appauling. While we’re at it, where’s that rented mule Gibson been lately? Surely he’s ripe for a good bashing as well? That bloke some call the White Pele hasn’t bagged one in a while either, ship his ass off elsewhere while we’re cleaning house.
I blame John O’Shea
What a player, love the lad.
I blame Bebe – his performance against city was shocking
And did anyone see Bellion trying to be like Henry?
Or Djemba Djemba tackling like Roy Keane?
What about Kleberson as if he were Scholes?
And the cheek on Taibi trying to be like Big Pete and Edwin all rolled into one.
Could have been worse though imagine if we had signed a Grandad like Blanc in defence.
Phew
Wait…
At long last, the latest adventure from Agent of Fergie!
http://www.agentoffergie.com/2011/11/unfortunate.html
Keano99
Positive and full of inspiration as ever! NOT
Evening all
The irony is Keano was a bag of shit too!!!
Evening Mikekelly
Watched an interview with Robbo earlier today talking about Sir Alex, fucking tore my heart to shreds
By the way if you do not hear from STR do not worry about it, I am planning a visit in March, you could hand it over personally over a cold one buddy
Ask big Pat.
Cedars
Evening pal. Not heard from him yet pal. March? You gonna be over for a match? West Brom n Fulham at home in March I think? Yeah mate, a few cold ones and Robbo banter sounds good.
Mikekelly
Of course I will be there for my usual pilgrimage and watch a match…. No dates set yet… Sadly though only tickets i will get will be at the East Stand, unless you could pull a few strings!
Cedars
Not sure pal. Depends if any of my mates happen to miss a game. Will no closer to the time mate.
Mikekelly
No worries buddy, just kidding…. As long as we could meet before or after that would do me….. Mind you singing songs together would roll back the years….. sigh
Cedars
Oh I pal, the good old days!! Beer and a match. Can’t beat it.
Mikekelly
Speaking of which and as I get into nostalgic mode, enjoy this yet again…. Posted it many times, but can we ever tire of watching it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBilBa5n2wY
This lad’s a model pro,respect,humility,gives 100% on the pitch, loves the club,can’t say enough good things about him
gotta say Cedars a Rom night out would be interesting to say the least.I’d give it 4 maybe 5 pints before things started kicking off.lol
wayne
Would be a pleasure….. 4 or 5? Baby talk! hahaha…. Damn I miss a drink… soon though, very soon
Cedars
Awesome!
Turkish delight for the Berba bashers?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2058769/Galatasaray-prepare-7-5m-Dimitar-Berbatov-bid-Manchester-United.html?
@Cedars 4 or 5 gets people feeling brave, loose tongues,even if the conversation stayed on Utd a ROM night out would still be interesting.I can see the headlines now Man Utd fans trash pub fighting with themsevles.lol
@Costas hi mate can’t see Berba wanting to go there,the amount of clubs that need a top striker if Utd are going to let him go for 7.5mill think they’ll be alot of interest
wayne – hahahahaha
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/kuszczak-attacks-man-united-for-treating-him-as-a-slave-20111108-1n4d8.html
This Kuszcak issue gets bewildering by the minute – and I honestly don’t like the club’s conduct on this one…
Hey wayne. My guess is that PSG will be back in the fold as well. And maybe Valencia too. Don’t know if the offers will reach the 12 mil mark they did in the summer though. And I know that Berbatov wouldn’t fancy going to Turkey, but what if it’s the best offer? Or the only offer? It’s really do or die in January.
Hey Costas
You’ve been called into action on the other thread…. Surprised you did not make an entrance!
I laugh at any player calling himself a slave. Ronaldo did it back in 2008 and I said at the time that he should actually try living as one. That word is losing its meaning.
That being said, like Mahesh, I have to side with PIG on this. I mean, does it make any difference if it’s Leeds or not? The club has made it clear that it doesn’t count on the guy. He’s 4th choice behind Amos and that in itself is somewhat humiliating for him. We let Brown go for 1 mil and now we are looking for value before we sell Kuszczak? His arguement about Euro 2012 is a valid one. It’s really his last chance to play (or at least be in the squad) for a major tournament.
@Cedars
Really? Didn’t visit that thread tonight mate. I’ll go have a look.
@Costas,Berba could refuse to go and just sit out his contract doesn’t he become a free agent in the summer unless Utd re sign him.I’d have to think some Prem clubs would be interested at that price.Stoke paid 10mill for Crouch ffs,also thought a couple of italian clubs were interested in the summer.
It could happen but i’d be surprised if he’d ended up in Turkey
Read the link Mahesh posted,just like to point out imo Berba has had just as frustrating time as Pig yet Berba shows class and Pig has been talking smack since last year about his position
If he thinks he can bully Sir Alex by going public,what a laugh.Now i don’t know why the deal to Leeds was blocked but i hate the cunts so that’s fine with me
@wayne – the difference between the Berba and PIG case is that Berba doesn’t want to leave, and PIG has for a while and has been blocked, even though the probability of him getting a game is signficantly lower than Berba’s chances of getting a few minutes/a game. Now if Berba wanted to leave, and he was being blocked again by the club, that would something to compare to Pig’s case.
That’s the thing. PIG does want to leave because he has next summer’s Euro in his sights. Plus, being 4th choice goalkeeper is a lot worse than being 4th choice striker. Not that I appreciate PIG being as vocal as he has been, but I get where the frustration is coming from.
@wayne
Yeah, Berbatov could refuse and leave for nothing in the summer. Also, from the start of 2012 he’s allowed to negotiate his transfer move on his own since he will be into the last 6 months of his contract. And here’s where he and the club might clash. We might have an offer for him in January, but he might want to wait for June. Why would anyone pay 7-10 million now when they can get him for free in the summer. Galatasaray are willing to do that because they know that they won’t have a chance in June when everyone else gets involved. The club rarely allows contracts to end, so we are in unchartered territory. It could get messy.
I think the Pig case is perplexing also because its not like he has much of a going rate anyways, and whatever it is is not going to appreicate over time. So he’s worth much less every day…given what he’s worth, surely his contract sets us back almost as much as whatever extra we might get (I doubt it) if we wait for ‘value’. So can’t tell what the hell is actually going on in this case…
@Mahesh what i meant was that Berba hasn’t gone public and made a fuss being left out of the CL squad after finishing top scorer,he said he felt ashamed didn’t blame Sir Alex.Was benched after scoring five goals,was benched last year after being Utds best striker to get Rooney in form,just took it.
PIG was giving it verbal last year about he better be num 1 or he wants out,just saying mate there’s ways of doing things and let’s face it PIG was never going to be number one
I admit it’s a bit odd why Utd haven’t let him go but there’s always 2 sides to the story and PIG has a history of mouthing off publicly to try and get his own way and to say he’s a slave when making i’m guessing earning 20-40k a week just a little dramatic,we don’t know all the facts only PIG’S rant
@Costas,clubs who are in contention with injuries might think 7mill is worth it or clubs who think with Berba might make the team good enough to challenge for a trophy,or a club who wants to get a jump without having to worry about other clubs in the summer.Can see a few reasons no doubt though depending how it plays out could get messy.I think alot of things about the Berba situation is puzzling to most of us.
JSP is a much much better player than he gets credit for even though he’s reined his game in a bit to deliver what United demand of him. He uses his head too. I always feel better when he’s in the team. Nuff respect, Mr Park.
@Mahesh also if you think about it,yes Berba wanted to stay but i’m sure not in this situation.Had he been told by the club he would get a chance?,if Sir Alex had told him his role would be as sub and Carling Cup games you’d think Berba would’ve taken the Paris gig.So in alot of ways Berbas frustration has to be bigger than PIGS also begs the question if Berba wasn’t part of the plans why Utd didn’t sell in the summer and why the club has a chance of losing him on a free when it has a one way option for one more year.
Berba’s going to the MLS. Strike up that partnership with Robbie Keane again! yhihf
Yeah folks….he’s going to a galaxy far far away.
Berba’s not making any noise cause he isn’t an international any more. Kuszack is. and whats worse, it he doesn’t play soon he has no chance of representing the host nation – Poland, when the Euros begin next year
never the most talented and even park would admit that but he is tactically aware and works extremely hard to make up for it, this is great because you can’t always have superstars all over the squad.
Whether he’ll finish his career is debatable and not certain at all because some young talents are coming through but his experience will be valuable, has been a great servant for manchester united.
Good morning Red Devils around the world,
3 Lung park will come great as the season progresses and as he put it, he can still imporve.
His energy, tactical brilliance in man marking have been his strengths..
Good day all
I think the key time for Berbatov is the January window. My understanding (could be wrong) is that the club has a one-way option to extend his contract for one more year, but that this option needs to be exercised before the January window ends. As a one-way option, it is totally within the club’s right to exercise or not. They don’t need to dicker with him at all, or even talk to him about it. They just need to decide, and then let him know.
So that is when we’ll know the club’s intent.
If they extend the deal, then they can keep him for one more year. Technically, however, I guess they could also use an extension to avoid him leaving on a free next summer. Once the contract is extended, then he is no longer a free agent next summer, which would allow the club to charge a transfer fee. But the catch is that he has to agree to any transfer, and if he won’t, then the club has to honor the contract.
Personally, I would hope the club doesn’t exercise that option, just so they can avoid losing him for free.
Every team needs one Ji Sung Park. One of my favorite players.
StateSideAussie,
Bingo,
that is the one way option we have..
but the real question remains,
do we have a role for him in our plans?
if not he better be gone in Jan..
i dont like to see him in this situation,
he has told time and again that he loves to be here,
with all respect to berba, the modern world can change any minute, either a player might change his mind or the club,
I hope we hit a solution this Jan, one way or the other..
if the reports are to be believed that we are hunting some Dutch striker, then the Berba story is heading for the exit without any doubt..
I have lost hopes..
Would love for this lad to end his career at United but Sir Alex can get ruthless never thought I’d see the day someone like Sheasy gets sold but it had to be done to make way for the Da Silvas and Jones.
But Park is the ultimate big game player, Barca 2008–the protection he gave the back 4 was incredible and the Milan game where he ran himself into the ground for the cause not to mention the countless important goals he’s gotten for us, respect!.
FFS LET THIS IDIOT KUZCZCAK ( or whatever the fuck his name is) GO!!! He is eating up wages.we don’t need him anymore. Let him go and live his “free” life somewhere else. he was always garbage when he played and he expects to be number one? cannot even kick a ball effectively. Always throwing or to another player. He was one of the master architects in our most embarassing game last yr away to west ham in the carling cup. Rubbish.
I mean there are other ways to express your dissatisfaction not to say we are treating you like a slave. We gave him his chance he did not take it by any means and yet demanded a starting spot. And let’s be honest even if he went to Leeds and played for the entire season there is no way in hell he’s starting a game for Poland at the Euros. Szczesny already has that position LOCKED DOWN. Plus Kuszczak was always gonna be picked regardless of whether he was at united or not. He’s their second or third choice keeper. Not happy with the way he has been talking about the club for a while. The anger was building up in me for a while now.
Now Suarez is demanding an apology ffs,
Suarez called Evra something that the Manchester players call him on the training ground.
Funny that. I ask myself how he knows that
And Kuszczak makes the “Heinze”.
past few games its been park’s spark thats kept us going. anderson, young and nanis gone missing and rooneys cameo in the middle has been less than whats been expected. parks brought back some of that energy thts been missing since our opening few games. very underrated, hes more than just a three lung. parks got football brains and feet too, he gives penetration in whats been a very static midfield recently. he deserves a place in our squad definitely for years to come.
Park is as underrated as JoS I think. One of the most reliable and consistent players United have. He doesn’t play badly often, if at all, but can still produce the odd stellar display, independent of how the rest of the team performs.
@dre: Spot on. Easily MotM in the Sunderland game for me…
I don’t like the way PIG is conducting himself. I understand his frustration. And I do think that if he really wants out, then let him go. It’s not like we’re talking major money, either coming in from his sale, or to replace him. But none of that changes the point. He signed a contract, and he’s legally, ethically and morally obliged to fulfil his part of the bargain. He knew when he signed that he would have to compete for a starting place, and it’s wrong to start bleating now it’s obvious that he has lost that battle. I mean, stiff shit.
Carrick is your bog standard prem league midfielder, hence the fact when everyone is fit he doesnt make it onto our bench, albeit with us having a multitude of problems in centre midfield.
Yes he does a job, but against the best hes gets found out spectaculary. His horror show in last seasons CL final still haunts me
pmcelevey – Nonsense with all due respect. Horror show? Yeah because they all played blinders at Wembley. Carrick isn’t dropped when everyone is fit. Thats also not true. Check who has made the most appearances in the middl;e of the park every season since 06. Against the best he is found out. What like against the rentboys last year? Best player on park in all the games. Carrick is criminally underrated. When he doesn’t play teams can drive a bus through us. He is one of our best performers in Europe. One thing he does better than anyone is reatin possesion. Please don’rt come out with this myth he only passes sideways etc. If there is no movement in front of him then yes, what option has he got? Yes he suffered a slump but I feel better when Carrick is in the side than fucking Anderson who misplaces pass after pass. I really do get pissed off the stick this lad gets. His positioning is sound, he blocks, intercepts, reads the game. Great range of passing. Can fill in at centre back. In a very similar mould to busquets who is key to Barca. Bog standard? Yeah thats why Fergie has kept him here 5 years and the lad has helped us win title after title in that time.
180degree from his x best mate Teves
Dear JS Park,
“Show me the meaning of being lonely”