Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has spoken in glowing praise of former midfielder Park Ji Sung, who has now retired from the game after several years of top level football. After making his name at PSV Eindhoven, Park Ji sung move to Manchester United in the summer of 2005 and became one of the important players at the club. His last match as a professional footballer was against K League Classic All-Stars. He won the one of the match award in the 6-6 draw while also scoring the final goal.
Fletcher, who has been out of the Manchester United team with Park to have won numerous titles, said that he shall always remember the South Korean international as a big game player. Former United midfielder Paul Scholes recently claimed that Sir Alex Ferguson always made it a priority to have Park in the big matches since his tireless work often led to the opposition struggling against United. One of his best matches came in the Champions League against AC Milan when he was asked to stop Andrea Pirlo from impacting the game. Park exceed regular role to perfection that it still remains as one of the finest defensive contributions from a United player in the last decade.
“I remember him as a big-game player. When the big games came around, against the likes of Arsenal and the big Champions League sides, he always stepped up to the plate. He was a great team-mate and a real humble lad in the dressing room. He just went about his job diligently. For such a big star in Asia – and he really is a superstar there – he never acted that way at all. He was always professional and a great player. I’d say he was an underrated player, too,” said the United midfielder.