Are you saying that he will be exempt for Olympic and/or Asian games medals, but not exempt for WC medal ?
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As long as he didn't go back to Korea? Probably nothing would happen. Korea has a history of not showing leniency toward people who skip out on their military service, even going so far as to bar the people from entering the country again. In all honesty, if Son decided to give up his Korean citizenship and become a citizen of another country, I would not fault him in the least bit.
That’s a fucking horrible decision to have to make. Turning your back on your homeland & knowing you’d never be welcome back. Still, can’t say I’d like to swap a career as a footballing superstar earning gazillions, for patrolling the Korean border for 2 years. Bollocks to that.
He's a massive, massive superstar in Korea ... he may well feel that serving two years in his Country's military is an honour, many Koreans do ... there are plenty of ways he can be exempted, or his service can be delayed, these are possible options but then he may not want to go against tradition ... who knows ...
Would be utterly amazed if he gave up his Korean citizenship ... would break the hearts of 50m fans .....
there is less chance of him doing that than Korea making to the 16 in this WC which is anywhere between 1% chance to none at this point
Get a real job, Son: Military service creeps up on South Korean star
Sharing this for the gold nugget at the end. I didn’t realize Korea played the whole “we all look alike to white people” card. Put that on the list of things I certainly never expected to read.
Sharing this for the gold nugget at the end. I didn’t realize Korea played the whole “we all look alike to white people” card. Put that on the list of things I certainly never expected to read.
To be clear I wasn't saying there was any chance of that happening, I was merely asking a hypothetical question.
I think the similar hypothetical question possibily lingered a few more in German when they looked so stale against Mexico
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Yes. WC is only for soccer, not for all sports.
He will be banned from entering Korea forever like Yoo Seung Joon, who used to be Michael Jackson of Korea.
That makes me feel genuinely sad.
Every pic of Sonny you ordinarily see, has him with that lovely, beaming, infectious smile. A real Happy go lucky kind of chap. That picture makes me feel like some bastard has upset one of my kids.
I must love Sonny even more than I thought I did.
Go wallop those Germans lad. You can still qualify & send them twats home in the process (I think)
Must be so hard for him to have to carry the rest of that Korean team who are utter shit.
He deserves so much better.
