Will Hwang Hee-chan, Ji Dong-won, be on loan as Mainz?

Leipzig’s professional media reports a possible lease transfer

Hee-chan Hwang in Leipzig with ball control
Hee-chan Hwang in Leipzig with ball control

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jinnam Bae = The possibility of a loan transfer of Hwang Hee-chan (25), a national striker who cannot find a place after the transfer of German professional football RB Leipzig, has been raised.

RB Live, a website that specializes in the news of the Leipzig club, said on the 23rd (Korean time) “Does Hwang Hee-chan go to Mainz? Leipzig can send him on loan”. The Bundesliga team said it could be rented to Mainz.

The media first pointed to a situation where Hwang Hee-chan left Salzburg, Austria and moved to Leipzig last summer, and the situation did not go as intended, and the situation in the Bundesliga was slower than desired.

It was good until last September, when he made his debut in Leipzig, and scored a goal in the first round (round of 64) of the German Football Association (DFB) against Nuremberg (second division) and led a 3-0 victory.

However, in the Bundesliga, Hwang Hee-chan is completely out of the main game, playing only 7 games until the 18th round against Mainz, which ended on the 24th.

Although he couldn’t record attack points, he wasn’t guaranteed enough from the time he played, as all 7 games were used as substitutes.

In particular, after accompanying the Korean national team’s visit to Austria in November last year and being tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), he has been off the line for about two months.

The problem is that there is no sign of any significant changes in the situation in the future.

RB Live said, “It makes sense to move the team from an objective perspective,” and “It is unlikely that Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann, who is in the championship race, will give Hwang Hee-chan more time to play.”

Then he added, “Even Yusuf Foulsen and Alexander Sørlot, who are ahead of Hwang Hee-chan in the striker’s main game competition, are not built-in main fighters.”

In addition, Mainz’s main striker Jang-Philipp Matteta recently moved to Crystal Palace (England), which left a gap in the offensive squad, weighing on the possibility of Hwang’s loan.

Mainz won Leipzig 3-2 on that day, but as of this season, it is in an urgent situation to escape from the relegation zone as it is in 17th place among 18 teams with 2 wins, 4 draws and 12 losses (10 points).

Mainz is affiliated with Ji Dong-won, a former Korean national attacker.

The Bundesliga winter transfer market is closed on the 31st of this month local time.

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