Singer Baek A-yeon’s hit song title ‘If you’re going to be like this, don’t be like this’, a skit came to mind. Gwangju Pepper Savings Bank carried out a trade to bring back setter Lee Go-eun (28), who had been handed over to Korea Expressway Corporation in Gimcheon, as a free agent (FA) compensation player.
Pepper Savings Bank announced the trade on the 2nd and said, “We gave middle blocker Choi Ga-eun (22) the 2023-2024 season rookie draft 1st round selection rights, and Lee Go-eun and 2023-2024 rookie draft 2nd round nomination rights.” 크크크벳
It is a trade that is difficult to understand. If this is the case, it would be better to tie Lee Go-eun to the list of protected players in the first place. Sit and take a loss.
After going through the rookie draft in the 2013-2014 season, Lee joined Korea Expressway Corporation, went through Hwaseong IBK Industrial Bank and Seoul GS Caltex, returned to his parent team Road Corporation again in 2020, and transferred to Pepper Savings Bank as a free agent in March of last year.
In Pepper Savings Bank, the lowest-ranked team, Lee Go-eun played an active role as the main setter. In the free agency market, he brought outside hitters Park Jung-ah and Chae Sun-ah, but there was no setter reinforcement. Nevertheless, Pepper excluded Lee Go-eun from the list of players to be compensated for the recruitment of Park Jung-ah.