South Korea produced one of the moments of the World Cup so far as they eliminated defending champions Germany with a 2-0 win on Wednesday, and some Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to call for the club to sign goalkeeper Cho Hyun-woo.
The South Koreans still had a slight chance to progress to the knockout stages and did all they could with their two-goal win, but Sweden’s 3-0 victory over Mexico saw the Taegeuk Warriors crash out alongside Die Mannschaft.
Goals from Kim Young-gwon and Tottenham star Son Heung-min sealed the win, but the plaudits also went to Cho, who put in a stellar performance between the sticks for South Korea.
A section of Liverpool fans have now taken to Twitter to call on the club to sign the 26-year-old, who currently plays for Daegu FC in his homeland.
Live 4 Liverpool have rounded up some of the best tweets:
Korean Goalkeeper is the Asian DeGea….sign him up! ??#LFC #Liverpool
— Liverpoolzy* (@Liverpool_zy) June 27, 2018
Somebody tell #Klopp to bag that South Korean Keeper! #lfc #ynwa
— Fung (@fungwahman) June 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/namlaaj/status/1012082139326746625
can we get the korean goalkeeper to replace Karius #LFC
— Naya (@Naya23_lfc) June 27, 2018
We should go for the Korean keeper! Solid for 3 games, not just shot stopping but pulling balls out of crosses as well. @LFC, c’mon. #YNWA #liverpoolfc #LFC https://t.co/BJ18oOxHuz
— Colin Tan (@colintan18) June 27, 2018
@LFC may want to consider replacing the Germany Goalkeeper with the South Korean#lfc #WorldCup2018
— IamAizatJ (@abgAJ47) June 27, 2018
https://twitter.com/namlaaj/status/1012003016181010432
#LFC should sign this Korean keeper!
— Raahil Chopra (@raahilc) June 27, 2018
Forget Allison sign this South Korean kid. He has been ?. #worldcup #LFC
— Caroline Herring (@elmntsofpurpose) June 27, 2018
OPINION
There is little doubt that Cho has been in impressive form for South Korea at the World Cup, with his performance against Germany following two solid displays against Mexico and Sweden. The 26-year-old was amazingly not even supposed to start the competition for South Korea, and got his place due to an injury. There will be clubs taking a look at him after his brilliant three displays, but Liverpool should not be one of those teams. World Cup performances can flatter to deceive, and more often than not a player will not turn out to be as good as they looked at the tournament. Liverpool need a sure-fire solution to their goalkeeping problems, and there is no guarantee that Cho is that man.
