The British Football Insider reported Hwang Hee-chan’s love call from two big Premier League clubs as a New Year’s scoop on the 1st (Korea Standard Time). “According to our information, Tottenham and Liverpool are keeping an eye on hot star player Hwang Hee-chan,” the media said. “The two clubs are interested in taking the 27-year-old player this summer. Scouts were impressed with Hwang Hee-chan’s performance after he took on the role of striker this season. Hwang Hee-chan can play as a left and right winger and also play in the center.”
If the reports are correct, both teams are aware of the use of Hwang Hee-chan. Like Son Heung-min, Hwang is capable of multiplayer that can be used in all areas of attack. Gary O’Neill, the coach of Wolverhampton this season, even praised Hwang, saying, “I thought he was not even a No.9 fixer, but he is doing a great job.” “Hwang has scored 11 goals in 21 matches this season. He originally had a contract until 2026, but recently rewritten the contract to extend it to 2028,” the media said.
Hwang was already embroiled in rumors of a move to a major club once. He was linked with Arsenal in November last year. Spain, the home country of Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta, once reported on his love call. However, Hwang signed a five-year contract with Wolverhampton late last month, extending his contract to 2028. Including the option to extend his contract by one year, Hwang has the opportunity to play at Wolverhampton until he is 33 years old in 2029.
Now, the key is whether Tottenham and Liverpool can offer a large transfer fee and annual salary for Hwang Hee-chan. Hwang Hee-chan’s player value is about 31.5 billion won, which was recalculated by the transfer site “Transfermarkt” at the end of last year.
Transfermarkt readjusted the value of Wolverhampton players on April 19, and Hwang Hee-chan was found to have 22 million euros (31.3 billion won), up 4 million euros from 18 million euros (25.6 billion won) on October 9, the previous assessment showed. In two months and 15 days, the figure soared 22.2 percent. What’s more noticeable is that if the measurement period is extended to the last six months, Hwang Hee-chan’s ransom has nearly doubled.
Hwang Hee-chan’s market value was 12 million euros (17.1 billion won) on June 20, exactly six months ago. It plunged 25 percent from 16 million euros in June 2022, a year ago. However, he began his rebound after scoring the final shot of the round of 16 against Portugal in the final group match of the Qatar World Cup, and hit a record 22 million euros this month.
Transfermarkt announced that Hwang Hee-chan is ranked 383rd in market value among the world’s soccer players, 169th among Premier League players, and 5th among Wolverhampton players. Among Korean players, he is ranked third after Kim Min-jae (60 million euros) and Son Heung-min (50 million euros). He is tied with PSG midfielder Lee Kang-in at 22 million euros. Hong Hyun-suk (Hent, 8 million euros) is ranked fifth, Hwang Hee-jo (4.8 million euros) is ranked sixth, and Hwang In-beom (Zvezda, 4.5 million euros) is ranked seventh.
However, now that Hwang has renewed his contract, his value could increase further. Hwang Hee-chan is in his late 20s, but he could still play his prime for about five years, and could claim more than 40 million pounds. Considering that inflation in transfer fees at big clubs has intensified recently, Hwang Hee-chan will have no reason to lag behind Kim Min-jae’s 50 million euros transfer fee record. 토토사이트 추천