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South Korea's Ahn to join French club Metz
SEOUL, July 11 (Reuters) - South Korea striker Ahn Jung-hwan is set to join
French club Metz on a one-year contract, his agent said on Monday.
"We have confirmed a one-year contract with Metz but we are still
negotiating about salary details," Ahn's agent, Yang Myung-kyu, told Reuters
by telephone.
Ahn has spent the last three seasons in Japan, but his current deal with
J-League champions Yokohama F-Marinos expired last month.
The 29-year-old, who helped co-hosts South Korea reach the 2002 World Cup
semi-finals and has huge marketing power in Asia, left for Paris at the
weekend to undergo a medical.
He signed for Japan's Shimizu S-Pulse after the last World Cup following an
acrimonious split with Italian club Perugia and joined Yokohama last year.
Ahn scored the golden goal that knocked Italy out of the World Cup and
Perugia president Luciano Gaucci controversially fired the player in
protest.
Ahn's spell in Japan was hampered by injury but he still managed 30 goals in
72 J-League appearances. |
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