Gangwon FC Yang Min-hyuk (18) will join Tottenham Hotspur in January next year. It is known that the transfer fee was the highest among the players who went straight to Europe in the K League.
Tottenham announced on its official website on Friday (Korea Standard Time), “We are pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Gangwon FC on the transfer of Yang Min-hyuk. We have agreed on a contract by 2030. He is scheduled to join in January 2025.”
Yang Min-hyuk is a top prospect that the K-League is paying attention to. Born in 2006, he is only 18 years old, but he has made his debut in this season and is leading Gangwon’s offense. He already has seven goals and three assists in 24 matches, achieving double-digit attack points.
Recently, there has been a rumor that big clubs in the Premier League are keeping an eye on Yang Min-hyuk. In fact, Kim Byung-ji, CEO of Gangwon Province, admitted in a phone call with Interfootball that “it is true that a big club proposal for a PL club has been made, and it is a big club that anyone can know.”
The PL big club that CEO Kim Byung-ji said was none other than Tottenham. “Tottenham is close to signing a contract to recruit winger Yang Min-hyuk, who was born in 2006, from Gangwon FC,” said Fabrizio Romano, who is fluent in the news of the European soccer transfer market. “Medical tests will continue.”
Local media also made headlines. “Tottenham is signing another 18-year-old winger from Gangwon Province, Yang Min-hyuk. He is expected to join the team in January to finish the season in the K-League,” said Alessdair Gold, a Tottenham reporter for Football London.
“Yang is looking forward to signing as Tottenham’s fourth recruit and third 18-year-old player this summer. Medical tests will be carried out when negotiations are completed,” Sky Sports reported.
The British ‘BBC’, which is known to have high public confidence, explained, “Tottenham is close to recruiting Yang Min-hyuk. He is expected to complete the transfer before the team K League and Tottenham match at Seoul World Cup Stadium on July 31st.”
Reporter Romano then said, “The contract between Yang Min-hyuk and Tottenham has been completed. Medical tests have already been booked. He is planning to sign a long-term contract with Tottenham. He will join Tottenham from January 2025.”
Asked about Yang at a press conference ahead of the pre-season friendly match, Tottenham manager Enze Postecoglou said, “I am well aware of the quality of the K-League. When I was a Celtic manager, I wanted to recruit at least two players. I think Celtic recruited him after all.”
He continued, “They had a fantastic impact on Europe. There were many players, but none were better than Son. He is an outstanding player and a person. He is the captain of our team and he is outstanding. I am glad that Son is in our team.”
Still, he avoided direct mention of Yang Min-hyuk. Postecoglou added, “We will search extensively for players. It is hard for me to mention Yang Min-hyuk.”
On the 28th, Gangwon announced Yang Min-hyuk’s transfer to Tottenham through its official YouTube channel. Although the details of the contract were not disclosed due to the confidentiality clause, it is known that he recorded the highest transfer fee ever among the players who went straight to the European stage in the K-League. 메이저사이트
Among the players who directly moved to Europe in the K-League, the highest transfer fee was Cho Kyu-sung, who transferred from Jeonbuk Hyundai to Meat Willan in Denmark in 2023. At that time, 3 million euros (4.5 billion won) was incurred. Oh, who left for Celtic in Scotland in January 2023, gave 2.8 million euros (4.2 billion won) to Suwon Samsung. Yang’s transfer fee is expected to exceed 4.5 billion won).
