"White soldier" with an annual salary of 30 million won

Choo Shin-soo (41, SSG Landers)'s retirement season is truly a white soldier.

"Choo Shin-soo has decided to retire after playing one more season in 2024," the SSG club said on Wednesday. His annual salary is the lowest at 30 million won (approx. He also plans to donate all of his money.

"Choo Shin-soo gave consideration to the management of the team. I am very grateful to have signed the contract for the lowest annual salary," SSG said. "With Choo's consideration, the team can expand its operations in salary cap (cap on the team's salary) and recruitment of free agents."

Choo's annual salary this year was 1.7 billion won (1.57 million U.S. dollars). Next year's annual salary will be cut by 1.67 billion won (1.57 million dollars). Lee's annual salary for 2021 was cut by 1.7 billion won from 2.5 billion won (2.7 million dollars) in 2020, the highest in the world history of annual salary reduction, with Choo coming in second.

Choo Shin-soo said, "The time has come to end his active career in the U.S. and Korea since 2001," adding, "I want to share my experiences and thoughts while training with my juniors in the Futures (second-tier) team at any time depending on the team situation." 토토사이트먹튀