“Monster High School Senior” Yang Min-hyuk (18, Gangwon FC) is on the verge of advancing to the Premier League. Now he plans to play in England with Son Heung-min (32) in Tottenham Hotspur.
Fabrizio Romano, who is familiar with the European soccer transfer market, said on his channel on the 24th (Korea time), “Tottenham is finalizing the deal to recruit Yang Min-hyuk, a winger born in 2006 of Gangwon FC. The contract will be completed soon and medical tests will be conducted.”
He also explained, “Tottenham Scouts believe that Korean striker Yang Min-hyuk has important potential and tremendous talent for the future. He will now sign with Tottenham and undergo a medical appointment soon. Yang will stay in Gangwon until January. The documents will be ready in a few days.”
The British BBC, which has strong public confidence, also reported the same. The media said, “Tottenham is completing the recruitment of Korean winger Yang Min-hyuk. He is expected to complete the transfer by the time the K-League’s Best 11 and Tottenham face off at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Korea on July 31.
He is Yang Min-hyuk, who will be the new teammate and successor of ‘captain’ Son Heung-min. BBC reported, “Yang, who is a member of the Korean national team by age, scored seven goals in 24 matches for Gangwon. He also set a new K-League record as the youngest player to score points in March. He is expected to become the latest Korean player to join Tottenham, succeeding Lee and Son.”
In addition, several media outlets including England’s Football London and Sky Sports reported that Yang Min-hyuk is close to moving to Tottenham. He will sign a contract with Tottenham first and then re-lease it to Gangwon for the 2024 season. Then, he is expected to join Tottenham in January next year and decide on his next move.
Yang is a rising monster who has emerged as the hottest K-League product this season. He joined Gangwon on Dec. 29 last year as a semi-professional player, and immediately took the main role. Yang is still a high school senior attending Gangneung Jeil High School, but is sweeping the K-League 1. A look at the game shows why Gangwon passed Yang Hyun-joon’s uniform number 47 to him.
Yang has caught the eye of coach Yoon Jeong-hwan since the pre-season, and boasts bold dribbling and breakthrough that is not appropriate for his age. He has scored seven goals and three assists in 24 matches in the league, achieving double-digit attack points. He is one of the top attack resources in the K-League.
In recognition of Yang’s performance, he signed a professional contract last month. Born in 2006, Yang rose to professional status just three months after he left the K-League. He will remain a semi-professional for one year, but Kang won a gift six months earlier because he took high marks for his performance.
Yang is already called a “talent of all time” in the K-League. He played in the opening game against Jeju Island, becoming the youngest player to play in Gangwon Province (17 years, 10 months and 15 days), and even made an assist 35 seconds after his debut.
It didn’t take long for him to taste the goal himself. In the match against Gwangju in the second round, Yang scored a goal and became the second semi-professional scorer in the history of the team, and also broke the record of the youngest score ever by a team and the youngest score ever in the K League 1.
Since then, Yang has displayed incredible performances ranging from shooting, dribbling, passing, and moving. He swept the Young Player of the Month award for the third consecutive time from April to June, writing a new history in the K League 1. With his flamboyant side, Yang is sufficient to raise expectations as Son’s successor.
Yang has been rumored to be transferred to a PL team since last month. “Yang is receiving a lot of attention in England. The 18-year-old is one of the best talents in Korea,” said Frazier Fletcher of Team Talk for the first time. 노래방알바
And Kim Byung-ji, Gangwon’s representative, publicly announced Yang Min-hyuk’s imminent advance to the PL. “Yang Min-hyuk is a talent who can grow up in Gangwon Province and go to a bigger stage. When an offer comes from a good club, I hope he runs for Korean soccer and his dream,” he said in a live broadcast of the Gangwon club last month. “I’ve been contacted by two or three big clubs in the PL and teams that frequently recruit Korean players.”
Regarding Yang’s destination, Kim Byung-ji said, “This is a team that is classified as one of the top teams in the PL, and in my opinion, if we recruit 20 teams worldwide, we will be included in the team.” “West Ham is not a big club. I like Manchester United, but Manchester City was also interested. Tottenham also has interest in it. Consequently, the team that embraces Yang was Tottenham.
Meanwhile, Yang Min-hyuk is scheduled to face Tottenham as a member of Team K League on the 31st. He qualified for the match against Tottenham by ranking first in the “Couple Youngple” vote with 20.8% of the final vote. For Yang, it is an opportunity to directly face the club that will build a new nest and show his skills to his Tottenham teammates and fans.