Seol Young-woo, the core of the national team, and Mansour's oil money love call is here!→ The team will not have an easy time to let go

Mar 16, 2025

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The Middle East courtship for Seol Young-woo has arrived. The team led by owner Sheikh Mansour reached out.

Serbia's 「Sportsk Vesti" reported on the 15th (Korea time) that the star of Tsurvena Zvezda received an offer.

Sportsc Vesti says Sul Young-woo of Zvezda may leave Maracana this summer. Al Jazeera reportedly showed interest in Seol Young-woo and already handed him a good offer. Al Jazeera has been keeping an eye on him for a while, and according to MaxBet Sports, he sees Seol as an ideal solution on the right side of the team.

Then 'The problem is that Seol Young-woo signed a contract with Zvezda by the summer of 2027. Zvezda has no intention of giving up a first-team player easily. Seol predicted that he would not allow the transfer easily, saying, 'I have already perfectly adapted to the manager's system.

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Al Jazeera, which showed interest in Seol Young-woo, is a club where Shin Hyung-min and Park Jong-woo played in the past and is ranked fourth in the UAE professional league this season. It is expected that Seol will be considered as a candidate for reinforcement of power for the next season. It is worth noting that the owner of Al Jazeera is Sheikh Mansour. Mansour, the world's richest man with oil money, is the owner of Manchester City in the English Premier League (EPL) and chairman of the global sports holding company City Football Group. Since there is a team owner with strong capital, players with a lot of fine bones on the European stage, such as Mohamed Elneni and Nabil Fekir, also belong.

Considering Seol Young-woo's performance this season, Al Jazeera's interest is natural. Seol Young-woo, who changed his uniform from Ulsan HD to Zvezda in June last year, immediately became the main player this season. There was no need for a period of adaptation. He has already played in 20 league games and is considered a key player. Coach Vladan Milojevic Zvezda is actively using the team regardless of the left and right, and Seol Young-woo also played an active role in repaying his faith. In a match against Nafredak Krusevats in February, he also showed off his sharpness by scoring multiple goals.

He has five goals and three assists in 21 games in the league alone this season, and has five goals and six assists in 31 official games. It is a performance that can even aim to advance to the big leagues. Seol Young-woo previously received a military service exemption through the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games gold medal. He is 27 years old, in his prime, and it is also attractive that he can play both left and right fullbacks. Earlier, Hwang In-beom, a senior member of the team, also transferred to Feyenoord, a prestigious Dutch league, through his performance at Zvezda.

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The capital power of the Middle East stage is attractive, but Seol Young-woo has no choice but to worry a lot. It is not easy to say whether he will be able to continue his dream of entering Europe after moving to the Middle East. During the transfer to Zvezda, Seol Young-woo was also linked to five European league clubs, including the rumor of a transfer to West Ham. However, it is difficult to reject a huge salary as a player.

Meanwhile, Seol Young-woo will join Hong Myung-bo during the A-match period in March and continue to play as a key player in the Korean national team. He has already started in all A matches in September, October, and November last year, taking responsibility for Hong's tactics. Hong Myung-bo is scheduled to play Oman on the 20th at Goyang Stadium and Jordan at Suwon World Cup Stadium on the 25th in the 7th and 8th games of the third Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.