![]() Issues with his knee sidelined him for long spells over the last two years. "I didn't cry about it yesterday, and I'm not crying about it today, that means I'm leaving with no regrets," he told a news conference at the Park Ji-sung Football Centre in Suwon, where he has a street named after him.Īfter leaving Manchester United in 2012, Park signed for Queen's Park Rangers but spent the last season on loan at PSV. The 33-year-old, who called time on his international career after the 2011 Asian Cup, said he could not continue to play at the highest level because of knee issues but added that he was leaving the game without any regrets. Park's industry, energy and work ethic made him a favourite of Alex Ferguson during his time at Manchester United and his performances in England and in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven helped raise the profile of Korean soccer around the world. South Korean Park Ji-sung announced his retirement from soccer on Wednesday, bringing the curtain down on a career that took him to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals and saw him become the first Asian to play in a UEFA Champions League final. "We had some hard moments in the dressing room but we never argued with the manager or his assistants. It hurts but we could say those things to each other because we have been together for so long. When you have bad times, people show they care. ![]() But everyone lost belief in the team," the 32-year-old Serb said. It was a bad time and the players could have done better. "I am not saying we have had a good season. Vidic, who is set to join Inter Milan after playing the last of his 300 games for United against Southampton on Sunday, said there were no dressing-room fallouts with Moyes and the only arguments were between players desperate to improve. Moyes was sacked in April, only 10 months into a six-year contract, after United failed to qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 1995/96. That shows the players have respect for the manager." "From the first day until the last you didn't hear any player say anything bad about the training. "Sometimes you do things well, sometimes you don't. "They did everything that was asked of them. "There is no question over any of the players," Vidic told the BBC. ![]() Departing Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic has denied the players failed to give their all for former manager David Moyes. ![]()
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