[골닷컴] Reporter Kang Dong-hoon = South Korean national football team striker Cho Kyu-seong (24, Jeonbuk Hyundai) made a big success by scoring multiple goals in the Qatar World Cup, emerging as a ‘rising star’ and increase its market value. He raised 1 million euros (about 1.5 billion won) in two months.
On the 23rd (Korea time), ‘Transfermarkt’, a media specializing in the transfer market, updated the market value of 53 players who showed great performances in the Qatar World Cup. In this process, Cho Kyu-sung, which was 1.4 million euros (about 2 billion won) at the time of last September, rose to 2.5 million euros (about 3.5 billion won).
It was the result of Qatar’s performance in the World Cup and favorable reviews from the media. Indeed, Cho Kyu-seong scored several goals with a header in the second leg of the group stage against Ghana. Throughout the history of the Korean national football team, he is recorded as the first player to score multiple goals in the World Cup.
Since then, with the active support of coach Paulo Bento (53, Portugal), he started and played an active role in the last match against Portugal in the group stage and against Brazil in the round of 16. Although he could not raise the attacking point , he showed his dedication by participating in an active air competition. In fact, he won 21 air competitions. This is a second World Cup record in Qatar.
Accordingly, Kyu-Sung Cho receives ‘love calls’ from European clubs. Celtic (Scotland) show the most active interest, and Fenerbahce (Turkiye), Stade Rennes (France) and PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands) are also in the process of being linked. In fact, its expansion overseas is considered ‘a matter of time’.
In addition to Cho Kyu-seong, Enzo Fernandez (21, Benfica), who won the ‘Young Player Award’ while contributing to Argentina’s championship, rose vertically to 55 million euros (around 75 billion won), and Yosko Gvar, called Croatia’s ‘Wall of Wailing’ Dior (20, Leipzig) suddenly rose to 75 million euros (about 102 billion won). Kylian Mbappe (24, Paris Saint-Germain), who won the Golden Boot (top scorer), recaptured the highest position in the world with 180 million euros (about 245 billion won).
