Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton), a player of the Korean national soccer team, who played a key role in advancing to the round of 16 at the 2022 Qatar World Cup, directly explained the rumor that the padding was torn due to fans seeing off at the airport.

Hwang Hee-chan posted on his Instagram on the 13th, “The padding is not torn.” When several rumors circulated about Hwang Hee-chan wearing padding on the day of departure and entering the departure hall with short sleeves, he seems to have explained this.

Along with the explanation, a picture of a man who appeared to be Hwang Hee-chan sitting on a sandy beach was also released. On the sandy beach, ‘Ssichan hyung’ is written. Hwang Hee-chan added, “I didn’t write it.” ‘Chi-chan hyung’ is his new nickname that spread after a fan left it on social media after Hwang Hee-chan played an active part in the World Cup in Qatar.

Rumors started on the 10th. Hwang Hee-chan, who returned home after the World Cup in Qatar, departed 안전놀이터 through Incheon International Airport to move to Spain, where his team, the English Premier League (EPL) Wolverhampton, is training.

At the time of arrival at the airport, Hwang Hee-chan appeared wearing Saint Laurent’s black glossy padding. This padding is a 22F/W (fall and winter) Saint Laurent Paris oversized down jacket, and the price is about 3.8 million won.

Hwang Hee-chan signed autographs and exchanged stories with fans who came to the airport to see him off even though it was late. Afterwards, Hwang Hee-chan took off his padding and entered the departure hall wearing short sleeves.

In this regard, an article was posted online stating that Hwang Hee-chan’s padding was torn while signing autographs for fans. The netizen who claimed the content said, “Hwang Hee-chan’s glossy padding Saint Laurent costs about 3 million won. The girls tore it up, but Hwang Hee-chan just smiled and signed everything and left the country wearing short sleeves.”

The airport anecdote spread among netizens as Hwang Hee-chan’s ‘padding story’, but some fans who were at the scene claimed that it was difficult for fans to contact them because there were several bodyguards at the time, claiming that the padding was not torn, but because it was hot.

Meanwhile, Hwang Hee-chan was unable to play in the first and second matches of this World Cup group stage due to a hamstring injury, but was substituted in the second half of the match against Portugal in the third match. In this match, Hwang Hee-chan scored a come-from-behind goal with an assist from Son Heung-min.