4. Park Chu-young – South Korea
Did you know that Park Chu-young is not so much a talented footballer but just a good chap?
Usually players make it to the World Cup sweating, bleeding and crying their way through seasons with hard graft and sometimes a spot of luck. However, despite featuring much at all this season, Korea’s Park Chu-young has made it into the squad for being, well, a bloody nice bloke. When quizzed how he could justify choosing a footballer who had played just seven minutes of league football for Arsenal in three years, the Korea manager, Hong Myung-bo, said: “He gets on well with the rest of the squad.” Well fair enough then.