For Yang Min-hyuk, the future seems to be on loan for the second division championship, not his debut in Tottenham's first division. The possibility of renting a lower league was raised along with a cold assessment that he was not yet at the level of playing in the Premier League.
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Football London, a British media outlet, reported on the 27th (Korea time) that "if Tottenham Hotspur recruits a new striker, Yang Min-hyuk can be loaned during the January transfer market if an appropriate team appears. That Yang Min-hyuk is not seen as an option right now says a lot about the club's transfer policy, which he recruits for the future rather than the present."
Striker Yang Min-hyuk, who was born in 2006, made his K League 1 debut last season and scored 12 goals and six assists, leading Gangwon FC to the runner-up spot. Thanks to his performance, he was named a young player award given to the season's best prospect.
Tottenham completed the recruitment in July last year after paying attention to Yang Min-hyuk's talent, and asked Yang Min-hyuk to join early last December. Due to many injuries on the offense at the time, Yang Min-hyuk headed to England at Tottenham's request.
Coach Anji Postecoglou, however, has not given Yang a chance to play yet. He sat on the bench at the match against Liverpool, but failed to make his debut, and was completely excluded at the subsequent matches against Tamworth and Arsenal. He was included in the list again in the match against Everton, but was on the bench again, while the team played against Hoffenheim was excluded from the list, while the team stayed on the bench at the match against Leicester City.
In response, there are opinions in the UK that Postecoglou may have understood Yang Min-hyuk as not good enough to play in the Premier League.
Football London said, "There were calls from supporters for Postecoglou to use more young players, but other than Mikey Moore, he is not currently at the level of playing in the Premier League and is likely to continue to do so."
"I don't have any special plans (for the upcoming event). Yang is still very young. He came from the opposite side of the world where the level of competition is "nowhere near" to the level that we will face here.
In the worst case, Yang Min-hyuk is more likely to finish this season without playing a single game because there is no plan to hire the coach first. For growth, the only way is to rent somewhere else or start over step by step at the youth academy.
Football London also said, "Like Yang Min-hyuk, Will Rankshire needs to be on loan in order for him to grow. He is not ready to be exposed to this level of football for a long time," adding, "Teenagers need to be outstanding in order to play in the Premier League. For example, Archie Gray and Lucas Beribal have experience in lower leagues and are the best prospects in Europe." Rather than playing in the fierce first division, he said it would be okay for him to display his talent at a lower level. 안전놀이터
From Yang Min-hyuk's point of view, it may be a better option to choose a less intense second-division championship or loan to an overseas small and medium-sized league than to stay at Tottenham, which is under pressure to win.