On Sunday, just over a week after he had abruptly vacated his role as Malaysia coach,
Kim Pan-Gon was announced as the new man in charge of South Korean giants Ulsan HD.
It always seemed his likeliest destination once rumours started swirling in South Korea,
even though there were murmurings that a return to Hong Kong was potentially on the cards.
With no disrespect to the Hong Kong national team vacancy, that was never likely to be on the cards.
Malaysia are on par with, if not superior to, Hong Kong,
even though both had made excellent strides in recent times having
ended long waits to return to the AFC Asian Cup earlier this year.
The FIFA world rankings suggest as much with Malaysia sitting 134th and Hong Kong 25 places lower.
But Ulsan, who have been looking for a new man in charge since
Hong Myung-Bo was jettisoned to the South Korea national team, is a far different story.