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I took the opportunity to escape unemployment after 7 months.

  Another opportunity to escape from unemployment has come. British media 'Team Talk' reported on the 29th (Korean time), quoting transfer market expert Ekrem Connor, "Barcelona offered a contract to David de Gea (33), who has not had a team since July of last year." De Gea was once considered the best goalkeeper in the Premier League.  While playing a total of 545 games for Manchester United since 2011, he was selected as the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Team of the Year five times and also won the Premier League Golden Glove twice. He is also an indispensable player in Manchester United history.  He showed excellent reflexes and fantastic saves at Manchester United, which had been struggling since the departure of manager Alex Ferguson, and received full support from the club and fans. He couldn't go against the flow of time.  De Gea has seen a significant decline in his form since entering his 30s.  Even in his last season, he was the target ...

Enrique announces, a great prospect who will compete with Lee Kang-in for the mastery of PSG's midfield this summer

  At the time when he was on loan from Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Xabi Simmons was a player who had the possibility of going to a completely different team.  But now that Kylian Mbappe's farewell is approaching, things have changed.  Simmons is a player who will compete fiercely with Lee Kang-in for the position of PSG's next-generation midfield leader starting next season. Coach Luis Enrique opened up about Simmons' future, which has recently become a hot topic, in a local interview.  Simmons is on loan to RB Leipzig in Germany.  Coach Enrique said, "Simmons is a PSG player. Of course, we are closely watching his movements. Out of respect for Leipzig, I would like to refrain from saying anything. But that's right. Simmons has a contract, and we are tracking his development." said. He expressed his desire to bring in Simmons and use him as a key player in the team next season.  Although Leipzig lost momentum early on and is currently ranked 5th in the Germa...

KBO League 10 teams start spring camp

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 The 10 KBO League clubs are entering full-scale preparation for the 2024 season. Each team will leave the country one by one for the first spring camp from the 29th to the 31st. The players, who have prepared their bodies through personal training all winter, leave for a warm place and begin competing for the new season. Last year, the most popular primary training destination was the United States. Seven of the 10 teams left for the first spring camp in the U.S. mainland. The clubs were highly satisfied with the climate and facilities, so they accepted inconveniences such as travel distance and adjusting to time difference. However, recently, the number of clubs choosing the United States has decreased due to problems such as cold weather and high inflation due to climate change. This year, only four teams, including LG Twins, NC Dinos, Kiwoom Heroes, and SSG Landers, are setting up camps in the United States. LG, NC, and Kiwoom train in Arizona, and SSG trains in Florida. Kiwoom...

“I learned baseball” Chae Eun-seong’s routine

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  The explosion of potential of Hanwha Noh Si-hwan (24), who became the KBO League home run king last year, cannot be explained without mentioning Chae Eun-seong (34). Last year, during spring camp in Arizona, USA, Chae Eun-seong said, “You need a partner to lift weights well. After pairing up and saying, “Let’s do this with me,” the two players repeated the same routine throughout the season.  We prepared for the game by doing weight training every two days, regardless of whether it was home or away. For home games, he went to work early at Hanwha Life Eagles Park in Daejeon at 11:30 a.m., and on away trips, he maintained his strength and stamina by stretching and lifting weights at his lodgings before lunch. In particular, Noh Si-hwan did not lose strength until the end of the season.  Noh Si-hwan, who started all 131 games excluding the period of participation in the Asian Games, said, “It is meaningful that I played the full season without any pain. “It was good to be...

Growth only through challenge vs. lack of sustainability... mixed views

 The spring training period for the 10 professional baseball teams has been shortened since 2017. The club accepted the request of the Professional Baseball Players Association to comply with the inactivity period until the end of January.  As the culture of making the most of inactive periods took root, a 'private education craze' took hold in professional baseball. Last month, KIA dispatched young pitchers at the team level to the Driveline Baseball Center in Seattle, USA, which improves velocity through a biomechanical pitching program. The league's leading hitter, Son Ah-seop (NC Dinos), became the batting champion (0.339) in the 2023 season based on the hitting mechanism he established while training with former big leaguer Kang Jung-ho, who runs a hitting academy in Los Angeles, USA last winter. This winter, many batters, including Kim Jae-hwan (Doosan Bears) and Han Dong-hee (Lotte Giants), visited the ‘Kang Jeong-ho School.’  The effect of studying abroad for a sh...

Hanwha Kim Kang-min expresses gratitude to his former team’s fans

 would like to say I am very grateful to the (SK Wyverns and SSG Landers) fans. “I can give generously in response to questions (asked by junior players).” Kim Kang-min, who is making a new start for the Hanwha Eagles, expressed his gratitude to the fans of his former team and promised to show the dignity of a veteran. Kim Kang-min, who was called by SK (now SSG) as the 18th overall player in the second round in 2001, played only for SSG until last season. With not only a stable defense, but also quick feet and sharp hitting ability, he contributed greatly to SK and SSG's reign as strong teams in the league. His career records include a batting average of 0.274 (1,470 hits in 5,364 at-bats), 138 home runs, 674 RBI, and 209 stolen bases in 1,919 appearances. Kim Kang-min made his first transfer in baseball through the second draft held in November of last year. He was nominated by Hanwha, which was looking at veterans for the opportunity to be additionally nominated in the 4th round...