Juventus complete deadline-day swoop for North Korean whizkid Han Kwang Song
JUVENTUS have completed the signing of North Koran wonderkid Kwang Song Han from Cagliari. Although neither club have revealed details of the fee, it is likely to be around £3.5m. The player will join the club’s Under-23 squad, and he has been on the scouts’ radar for some time. Han, 21, has played 12 times […]
JUVENTUS have completed the signing of North Koran wonderkid Kwang Song Han from Cagliari.
Although neither club have revealed details of the fee, it is likely to be around £3.5m.
The player will join the club’s Under-23 squad, and he has been on the scouts’ radar for some time.
Han, 21, has played 12 times for Cagliari in Serie A since he joined in 2017.
He has also spent time out on loan at Serie B side Perugia, playing 39 times for them.
Cagliari have also been in the news for the wrong reasons recently.
Romelu Lukaku suffered sick racist monkey chants as he scored Inter Milan’s winning penalty – then said football is becoming a “game in shame” in a strongly-worded statement.
The former Manchester United striker made it two goals in two games since joining the Serie A side in the 2-1 win over Cagliari.
CAGLIARI SHAMED
But his 72nd-minute spot-kick was totally overshadowed by the horrendous racist abuse directed at him in the run-up.
After slotting the spot-kick into the bottom right corner of the goal, the 26-year-old striker did not celebrate.
Instead, he glared at the fans shouting vile taunts in his direction.
And the ex-Everton frontman posted a statement today addressing the sick abuse.
He wrote: “Many players in the last month have suffered from racial abuse. I did yesterday too.
“Football is a game to be enjoyed by everyone and we shouldn’t accept any form of discrimination that will put our game in shame.
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“I hope the football federations all over the world react strongly on all cases of discrimination!
“Social media platforms (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook) need to work better as well with football clubs because every day you see at least a racist comment under a post of a person of colour.
“We’ve been saying it for years and still no action.
“Ladies and gentlemen it’s 2019. Instead of going forward we’re going backwards and I think as players we need [to] unify and make a statement on this matter to keep this game clean and enjoyable for everyone.”