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Midfielder Jesse Lingard poses for a photograph throughout a press convention as he joins FC Seoul, the Ok League 1 membership, at Seoul Phrase Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, on February 8, 2024.
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Former Manchester United midfielder Jesse Lingard joined South Korean facet FC Seoul on a two-year deal on Thursday, the best-known international participant ever signed by a Ok League membership.
The 31-year-old, a World Cup semi-finalist with England and Europa League winner with United, has been a free agent since leaving Nottingham Forest on the finish of final season.
“I’ve at all times needed totally different challenges and to create new recollections in my profession, and I imagine being in South Korea is the proper place for that,” Lingard stated in video launched by the membership.
FC Seoul, who play on the Seoul World Cup Stadium, are among the finest supported golf equipment within the Ok League and have received the title six instances, most lately in 2016.
Greater than 200 followers have been at Incheon airport to greet Lingard when he landed to finish a medical and different formalities earlier this week.
“I’ve acquired a number of gives since final summer season,” Lingard added at a information convention within the South Korean capital on Thursday.
“Different golf equipment solely made verbal gives. FC Seoul despatched a written supply. Membership officers confirmed their sincerity by coming to Manchester to examine on my bodily situation. At the moment, I made a decision to signal with FC Seoul.”
FC Seoul kick off the brand new Ok League season away at Gwangju FC on March 2.
