[골닷컴] Reporter Kim Hyung-joong = Can Korea’s national team striker Hwang Ui-jo step on the Premier League stage? The possibility still exists.
French Ligue 1 Girondain Bordeaux for three years, and is pushing for a transfer with the relegation of the team, Hwang Ui-jo is knocking on the dream stage of the Premier League. The transfer rumors were made to the Wolverhampton Wanderers, where teammate Hwang Hee-chan is playing. It is a team familiar to Korean fans as it is a club where Seol Ki-hyun, current manager of Gyeongnam FC was also active in the past.
For now, nothing has been decided. In the beginning, it was reported that League 1 clubs such as Nantes and Brest were strong as the team to take Hwang Ui-jo this summer, but no negotiation table was set up. With about three weeks left in the transfer window, Wolverhampton appears to have joined the battle to sign Hwang Ui-Jo.
However, recent reports suggest that negotiations will not be easy. First of all, the transfer fee offered by Wolverhampton is too low. Bordeaux, who is in financial crisis, is in a position to sell the team’s key striker Hwang Ui-jo and make sure to receive the price. Bordeaux wants at least 6 million euros (about 8 billion won). However, Wolverhampton is said to have only offered 3 million euros (about 4 billion won).
Also, Wolverhampton are already on the verge of signing another striker. Wolverhampton, who needed a quick signing due to the absence of injury to main gun Raul Jimenez, have signed Gonzalo Gedez, who had eaten together in Valencia in the past with Kang-in Lee. The Wolverhampton local media ‘Molyne News’ announced on the 8th (Korean time) that the transfer was almost completed, saying, “Gedes will have a medical test today.”
However, the media reported that this is not the end. The club is planning to add additional strikers. In the opening match of this season’s Premier League against Leeds United, with the help of Hwang Hee-chan, he took the lead by scoring the first goal, but was soon defeated and lost. The front-line resources to make decisions are desperately needed. The media highlighted Wolverhampton’s summer transfer window, saying, “They are connected with Mickey Batshuayi, Lubovich Ahorke, and Hwang Ui-jo.”
Although Gedez, whose signing has already been confirmed, is a front-line resource, but since he has been active in the second line since his days at Valencia, the media’s interpretation is that coexistence is possible if additional strikers are added. If Hwang Ui-jo wears the Wolf Corps uniform, the Korean national team Hwang-Hwang line can be seen in the Premier League as well.