[엑스포츠뉴스 김희웅 인턴기자] The possibility of seeing Hwang Hee-chan (Leipzig) on the stage of the English Premier League (EPL) has increased.
UK Sky Sports said on the 28th (Korean time) “West Ham had a conversation with Hwang Hee-chan and is in discussion with his team Leipzig. Director David Moyes will make a final decision over the possibility of hiring Hwang Hee-chan.”
Hwang Hee-chan started living in Europe in 2015 wearing a Salzburg uniform. Elling Holland and Minamino Takumi took over the Austrian stage with a tripod. In the 2019/20 season, he scored 11 goals and 12 assists in 27 league matches, and scored goals against Liverpool in the European Football Federation (UEFA) Champions League.
His performance was enough to catch the attention of big league teams such as German Bundesliga and EPL. In the transfer market last summer, Wolverhampton and other German teams showed interest. Hwang Hee-chan’s choice was Leipzig. It is a neighboring country to Austria and was on loan in Hamburg in the 2018/19 season, so it seemed a good option.
In fact, in the second half of the match against Fokal Nuremberg of DFB, he was substituted for one goal and one help, raising expectations. But in the league, I couldn’t get a chance. Of the 18 Bundesliga games played by Leipzig, seven were replaced only. In November of last year, there were difficulties, such as getting Corona 19. A situation in which a remedy is needed.
West Ham reached out. West Ham are now looking for strikers. Sebastian Alle moved the enemy from the transfer market to Ajax in January. There’s Michael Antonio, but he needs a backup striker or partner to assist him.
The interests between Hwang Hee-chan and West Ham seem to fit. Sports media fanside also cited the German kicker, “West Ham and Leipzig are in negotiations and will be finished within this week.”
And the media introduced the positive and negative aspects of West Ham’s recruiting of Hwang Hee-chan.
The media said, “Hwang Hee-chan will bring not only goals but also creativity. In addition, Hwang Hee-chan is known to play a lot, and this fits perfectly with the standards of the player Moyes is looking for.
However, there were also concerns over whether Hwang Hee-chan could adapt to the EPL.
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