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Ferguson picked South Korea's Park over Owen
(Goal.com)
Updated: 2005-10-10 09:34 Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed
that the reason why he didn鈥檛 sign Michael Owen from Real Madrid was because he
wanted Park Ji-sung instead.
Speculation was rife during the summer than the England striker would head to
Manchester after his frustrating season with the Spanish giants but United鈥檚
boss said that the South Korean was his real target.
"Michael鈥檚 a very good player,鈥� declared Ferguson 鈥渂ut we鈥檝e set our team up
in a certain way. We bought Park Ji-Sung - if we had wanted Michael Owen instead
of Park, that could鈥檝e been an option, but we really fancied him.
"I think he represents the future - he鈥檚 going to be a terrific player and
we鈥檙e really pleased we鈥檝e got him.鈥�
The 24 year-old midfielder, who was nominated for the Asian Player of the
Year award last Friday, joined the Premier League giants from PSV Eindhoven.
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