Lingard's team has a big change

FC Seoul fans send funeral wreaths to the team's training ground in Guri, Gyeonggi Province.

According to Yonhap , FC Seoul fans expressed outrage at the club's management and coach Kim Gi-dong following news that midfielder Ki Sung-yueng is set to move to Pohang Steelers.

Ki Sung-yueng has long been considered a legend and a symbol of FC Seoul. However, the former Swansea star has not been highly appreciated by coach Kim Gi-dong in recent times. Ki Sung-yueng was mainly on the bench throughout the 2025 season, leading to his decision to move to rivals Pohang Steelers.

According to Korea JoongAng , Ki Sung-yueng was dissatisfied with being left out of the starting lineup for the match against Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors on June 21, even though FC Seoul was facing a midfield crisis at the time.

Coach Kim Gi-dong even prioritized the use of young midfielders such as Ryu Jae-moon and Hwang Do-yoon. The conflict between Ki Sung-yueng and coach Kim Gi-dong was revealed to be "almost irreparable".

FC Seoul fans later claimed that coach Kim Gi-dong did not make proper use of Ki Sung-yueng's talent, and they also criticized the coach for showing signs of favoring players from Pohang Steelers - his former team - as part of his squad-building strategy.

FC Seoul fans then protested against the club and coach Kim Gi-dong by sending funeral wreaths to the training ground. One fan wrote: “Gi-dong sold the club’s best young talent and now a legend to Pohang in a year. Hopefully we will have a new coach soon.”

FC Seoul fans' anger towards coach Kim Gi-dong also comes from the fact that the Korean capital club has invested heavily in recent years, but its performance on the field is not commensurate. Despite having Jesse Lingard and many quality foreign players in the squad, FC Seoul is only ranked 7th in the 2025 K1 League rankings, 15 points behind the leading team. Their chances of competing for the championship this season are very low.

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Source: https://znews.vn/doi-cua-lingard-gap-bien-lon-post1563613.html