The home town of South Korea midfielder Park Ji-sung [ Images ] has named a street after Manchester United's [ Images ] new signing.

The 24-year-old Park, who joined the Premier League club on a four-year contract last week pending a work permit, attended a ceremony on Monday to open "Park Ji-sung Road".

Park, who helped PSV Eindhoven win the Dutch title and reach the Champions League [ Images ] semi-finals last season, will become the first South Korean to play in the Premier League.

The decision to name a road after him and set up a display area in the Suwon World Cup stadium in his honour was made before he signed for Manchester United.

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Park played a key role in South Korea's run to the 2002 World Cup semi-finals, scoring one of the goals of the tournament to knock out Portugal.

He returned to South Korea at the weekend after successfully completing his medical in Manchester and said he wanted to follow in the footsteps of England [ Images ] captain and former United player David Beckham [ Images ].