Yang Min-Hyeok: How will he fit in at Tottenham?

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Coming from a league with a less than glamorous reputation like the K-League and factoring in the hardships of being a timid18 year old moving to a completely different culture alone, the chances are that Yang Min-Hyeok will not find life instantly easy in the Premier League.

Despite this, I believe the majority of Spurs fans, aside from those who see this move as purely commercial in a bid to retain the Korean market for Spurs to dominate, will certainly support Yang as much as their other youngsters, in the same parental support that they give to a Mikey Moore or Lucas Bergvall.

His dynamic play from the wing is easy to compare to his idol and Korean hero Son Heung-Min, however, I think they are not a fair comparison as of the current Yang that we will see upon debut and in his first season as a Spurs player. Yang is blessed with a lightning fast agility, to go with a more than adequate top speed and a sweet right foot that loves to curl one into the side netting. He takes on players with a silent but ruthless approach, giving bursts of energy that remind me of Spurs's Champions League hero, Lucas Moura. In fact, I'd say Moura is a closer match than Son, with the build and aggression in fast movements being like for like with the Brazilian whippet.

I hear you ask, can he deliver numbers-wise? To which it's a delight for me to highlight his outstanding return, especially for a player as young as Yang Min-Hyeok. He racked up 12 goals and 6 assists in his 38 league games for Gangwon FC, operating predominantly from the right wing alongside the left wing on occasion.

On top of the more straightforward stats, Yang has collected a large amount of records in his time at Gangwon, breaking a grand total of 9 records, which I will simply list for you:

• The first ever high school player in K-League history

• The youngest goalscorer ever in the K-League

• Gangwon FC's youngest ever goalscorer

• Gangwon FC's youngest ever debutant (since been broken by Kim Hyeong-Jin)

• Youngest player ever to score twice in two consecutive K-League games

• Youngest K-League 'Player of the Month' award winner ever

• First ever semi-pro player to win Young Player of the Month and to win it 4 times in a row

• First player in K-League history to win Young Player of the Month 5 times

  
  

He is being touted as the Son successor for a reason.