Gangwon FC have claimed that Tottenham Hotspur noticed off competitors from a direct Premier League rival to signal Yang Min-hyeok.
Spurs agreed a deal on Sunday that may see the 18-year-old arrive in north London in January 2025, remaining with South Korean facet Gangwon till then.
“We’re delighted to announce that we have now reached an settlement for Yang Min-hyeok to hitch the Membership from Ok League 1 facet Gangwon FC, topic to work allow and worldwide clearance,” Spurs mentioned in a brief assertion posted on their web site on Sunday.
“Yang, who turned 18 in April, has agreed a deal that may run till 2030 and can be part of us in January, 2025.”
{The teenager} is very rated in South Korea, notching two objectives and two assists in 23 caps for the nation’s U16 and U17 groups mixed, whereas he’s already registered eight objectives and 4 assists in 25 Ok League appearances for Gangwon.
Alongside present membership captain Son Heung-min and Lee Younger-pyo, Min-hyeok is the third South Korean participant to signal for Tottenham.
Spurs beat rivals to Min-hyeok signing
We’re delighted to announce that we have now reached settlement to signal Yang Min-Hyeok from Gangwon FC, topic to work allow and worldwide clearance.
He’ll be part of us in January 2025.
Welcome to Tottenham, Yang ?
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 28, 2024
Tottenham’s seize of Min-hyeok — who received the Ok League Younger Participant of the Month awards for April, Might and June of this 12 months — has been made much more spectacular by Gangwon’s declare that they noticed off competitors from one other of the Premier League’s large hitters.
“It’s true that one other large 6 PL workforce that lately received the UCL had additionally enquired about Yang,” a membership consultant mentioned (through talkSPORT).
“That workforce had good plans about Yang’s improvement and had approached us sooner than Spurs. However what I didn’t realise on the time was that Yang had his coronary heart set on Tottenham.
“I even requested him if he wished to go to that different membership, however Yang straightly refused, saying he wished to solely be part of Spurs.
“To make it clear, it was Yang, reasonably than Gangwon, who made the selection to choose Tottenham as his subsequent membership. I revered the participant’s want.”
