Park joins United 200 club

by Setanta Staff , 08 February 2012 Park joins United 200 club

Park Ji-sung is the latest member of Manchester United's 200-club having silenced those who claimed he was only bought to sell shirts.


The energetic midfielder completed the milestone when he was introduced as a substitute in United's staggering comeback draw at Chelsea on Sunday.

It is not a bad effort from the 30-year-old considering how many times he has been forced out for extended periods through injury since his bargain £2million arrival from PSV Eindhoven in 2005.

At the time, Park's signing was dismissed as an elaborate money-making venture by the Old Trafford money men.

Yet Sir Alex Ferguson always knew the South Korean had the capacity to be a key figure in his plans.

"I am proud to reach this mark," said Park. "I never thought I could play 200 matches for Manchester United.

"Some people did say those things (shirt-seller) when I came here. Now no-one says it.

"I am very happy that I proved Asian players can deal with the high levels of European football."

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Team P W D L +/- PTS
1.
Man City
38
28
5
5
64
89
2.
Man Utd
38
28
5
5
56
89
3.
Arsenal
38
21
7
10
25
70
4.
Tottenham
38
20
9
9
25
69
5.
Newcastle
38
19
8
11
5
65
6.
Chelsea
38
18
10
10
19
64
7.
Everton
38
15
11
12
10
56
8.
Liverpool
38
14
10
14
7
52
9.
Fulham
38
14
10
14
-3
52
10.
West Brom
38
13
8
17
-7
47
11.
Swansea
38
12
11
15
-7
47
12.
Norwich
38
12
11
15
-14
47
13.
Sunderland
38
11
12
15
-1
45
14.
Stoke
38
11
12
15
-17
45
15.
Wigan
38
11
10
17
-20
43
16.
Aston Villa
38
7
17
14
-16
38
17.
QPR
38
10
7
21
-23
37
18.
Bolton
38
10
6
22
-31
36
19.
Blackburn
38
8
7
23
-30
31
20.
Wolverhampton
38
5
10
23
-43
25
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