Park agrees three-year deal with Man Utd

Manchester United have agreed a contract extension with Park Ji-Sung to keep the South Korean midfielder with the English giants for another three years, his agent said Monday.

“Park and Manchester United have reached an agreement on a three-year deal. The contract will be effective through June 2012,” Kim Jung-Soo told Yonhap news agency.

The agent refused to disclose details of the contract, but Yonhap said Park would earn 3.6 million pounds (5.9 million dollars) a year, some 30 percent up from 2.8 million pounds in each of the past two seasons.

Park, who moved to Old Trafford in 2005 from PSV Eindhoven for four million pounds, became the first Asian to contest a Champions League final when he played in United’s 2-0 defeat to Barcelona last season.

Park has been crucial to United building a huge fan base in South Korea. He has made 126 appearances and scored 12 goals for the English champions in four seasons.

“In his time with us he’s developed his technical and tactical abilities and done very well,” United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said in July when the team came to Seoul during a pre-season tour of Asia.

“He’s become a very important player for us and had a fantastic career with us,” he said.