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'Super Rookie' Yang Min-hyuk (19) has found a new nest.
The destination is Queens Park Rangers (QPR), a member of the Championship (second division) where Park Ji-sung and Yoon Seok-young played in the past. QPR said on its official channel on the 30th (Korea time) that it is pleased to confirm Yang Min-hyuk's lease at Tottenham Hotspur. The contract period is until the end of this season. Yang Min-hyuk engraved the lucky number 47 he wore at Gangwon FC and wore a QPR uniform.
Yang Min-hyuk said, `I'm happy to join QPR. I will do my best for this team,' he said, adding that he has tremendous memories of Park Ji-sung who played in QPR. I really wanted to play here, and I'll do my best every game to win the team" expressed his feelings.
It was a surprise lease. Yang Min-hyuk, who entered the K League 1 stage last season as a semi-professional player, played in the first year of his debut and showed sensational performance of 12 goals and 6 assists, confirming his trip to Tottenham last summer. Amid the big club's love call, Tottenham had Yang Min-hyuk by shooting the club's 18-year-old record and the highest transfer fee to K-League Europe (estimated 4 million euros, about 6 billion won).
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Tottenham asked Yang Min-hyuk to `join early.' It was originally scheduled to join in January 2025, but it moved to the UK faster than planned. The expectations at Tottenham were considerable. Yang Min-hyuk is not a B team, but a player who proudly signed a contract for the first team. He showed good performance in training and received favorable reviews internally. Yang Min-hyuk, who received No. 18, calmly waited for his debut by training faithfully amid groundless rumors such as ghost rumors.
In the first leg of the League Cup semifinal against Liverpool on the 9th, he was listed for the first time since entering England, and the opportunity seemed to come. However, the British media also failed to sit on the bench in the third round (round 64) of the FA Cup against Tamworth on the 12th, when they expected to play. It was because of Tottenham's situation. Tottenham has repeatedly been sluggish this season due to the overlapping injury demons. It has fallen to 15th place, not far from the relegation zone. There are even rumors that Enze Postecoglou will be replaced. 'Promising stocks' It was not an environment that could give Yang Min-hyuk a steady chance.
Although he didn't get a chance at Tottenham, Yang Min-hyuk's rating was still high. Love calls poured in around the championship. As many as 10 teams, including the championship teams such as Watford, Burnley, Hulciti, Millwall and Swansea City, as well as Birmingham, the first league (third division) where Baek Seung-ho plays, and the three Belgian main pillar league teams, sent love calls.
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Yang Min-hyuk's side had a quick meeting with Tottenham. I told you two conditions. First, I asked to go on loan to a club that can play many games, second, a club based in London. The proposal was already sufficient. Tottenham, who was struggling, eventually opened up. Starting with Leighton Orient's loan in the past, he decided to follow the example of Harry Kane, who became the best goalscorer after gaining experience in the lower leagues.
There is an important backstory here. Tottenham also set a condition. It was a half-season loan. Initially, there were offers including a one-year loan, a one-and-a-half-year loan and even a full transfer option after the loan, but Tottenham all declined offers except for a half-season loan. He expressed his clear intention to use Yang Min-hyuk from next season right away.
Watford was initially the most active club. However, the situation was complicated, including the director's future. In the meantime, QPR has been active. In particular, coach Marty Cifuentes especially wanted Yang Min-hyuk. Cifuentes has ties to Korean soccer. Cifuentes led Sweden's Hambardby in the 2022-2023 season, when he coached Boyanich and Rubikshon, who currently play for Ulsan HD. After they moved to Ulsan, Cifuentes paid attention to the K-League. Yang Min-hyuk caught my eye with delay. After taking the helm of QPR, he also tried to recruit Yang Min-hyuk. At that time, a large number of first-division big clubs jumped in and gave up their minds.
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Cifuentes' unrequited love paid off this winter's transfer market. QPR, which ranks 13th in the championship (38 points), is only six points apart from the sixth-place Middlesbrough (44 points), the playoff Maginot Line. One or two consecutive wins is enough to catch up. He has to compete with Japanese Koki Saito and Irish national team Paul Smith, but as coach Cifuentes has been watching Yang Min-hyuk for a long time, he will be able to get enough opportunities.
In particular, QPR has special memories of Korean players while Park Ji-sung and Yoon Seok-young have been in the past, and club facilities and environment are the best as they were affiliated with EPL in the past. Above all, there is an advantage of not having to move the living base because the training ground or home stadium is in London. QPR is expected to be the best stage for Yang Min-hyuk's adaptation to the UK.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
