Jurgen Klinsmann (59), the Korean national soccer team’s frequent trips to the United States, seems to be puzzled even in Japan.
According to the Korea Football Association (KFA) on the 2nd, coach Klinsman left for the United States the day before to be with his family on his birthday (July 30). He didn’t take a vacation, and he plans to go on a European tour after doing remote work in the US for the time being.
Coach Klinsman expressed his intention to focus on checking European factions such as Heung-Min Son (Tottenham), Min-Jae Kim (Munich Bayern), and Kang-In Lee (Paris Saint-Germain), who are key resources, as Europe starts the 2023-2024 season in August.
Then, Japan’s ‘Nikkan Sports’ quoted the Korean media and reported an article with a nuance that they couldn’t understand, saying, “Coach Klinsman went to his home in the United States for the third time in four months after taking office.”
In fact, coach Klinsman, who became the national team coach at the end of February, promised to stay in Korea. However, the period of Klinsman’s stay in Korea for the past five months was not long.
After facing Colombia (2-2 draw) and Uruguay (1-2 loss) in an A match in March, coach Klinsman left for the U.S. on April 1 and returned to Korea on the 26th after a European inspection. Manager Klinsman, who left the country on May 7 for the Asian Cup draw, returned on June 2 after working remotely in the United States.
Klinsmanho failed to win Peru (0-1 loss) and El Salvador (1-1 draw) in the A match in June. However, coach Klinsman went on vacation for a month and returned on the 24th. And a few days later, he headed back to America where his family is.
Nikkan Sports showed interest in posting pictures of the Lotte World Tower and Gwanghwamun Square, saying, “Director Klinsman recently uploaded several photos of Seoul city tours on his Instagram.”
However, “Coach Klinsman returned to Korea after spending time in the United States for about a month after two A matches in June. In the meantime, the 2026 World Cup Asian 2nd qualifying round grouping was decided. However, there are still no official comments on the group draw results. There is no,” he pointed out.
As a result of the 2026 World Cup Asia 2nd qualifying round draw, Korea was assigned to Group C along with China, Thailand and Singapore-Guam 1st qualifying round winners. However, coach Klinsman did not comment on the national team’s grouping. 메이저놀이터
Previously, ‘Nikkan Sports’ reported that Korea would have a friendly match against Vietnam led by coach Philippe Troussier during the A-match period in October. There will be,” he said, making a sarcastic prediction.