"YANG MINHYUK? You came from a low place"…Do you play the youth team first in the end of 'shock degradation'? → "I may play in the U-21 game," a 英 journalist, "confirmed murder."

"YANG MINHYUK? You came from a low place"…Do you play the youth team first in the end of 'shock degradation'? → "I may play in the U-21 game," a 英 journalist, "confirmed murder."

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Yang Min-hyuk, a top prospect in the K League, is expected to go through an adaptation period at Tottenham Hotspur Youth without overcoming the level difference in the end.

Paul O'Keefe, who is well aware of Tottenham's internal situation, mentioned Yang Min-hyuk in a question-and-answer session with fans on his SNS on the 16th (Korea time), "The reason why Yang Min-hyuk can't come out is to give him time to adapt to England and English football." O'Keefe is the first person to make headlines last spring when he revealed that Son Heung-min's current contract has an option to extend it by one year.

Asked if Yang Min-hyuk could play for the U-21 team, a fan said, "It's a good question. Tottenham is probably considering that," predicting that Yang Min-hyuk could play for a youth team rather than the first team for the time being and have an adaptation period.

Yang Min-hyuk, who has recently been excluded from the Tottenham game list, is registered in the first team, but he seems to have been classified as a second-tier resource.

Yang Min-hyuk was surprisingly included in the replacement list ahead of the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against Liverpool on the 9th, but he was later humiliated to be excluded from the North London derby against Arsenal following the FA Cup match against Tamworth in the fifth division.

No matter how much time is needed to adapt, it is regrettable considering that he was not able to sit on the bench even against a fifth-division team and that he was behind prospects who had never played professionally against Arsenal.

Yang, who was born in 2006, debuted in K-League 1 last year and showed remarkable performance. It was hard to believe it was his first season as a pro. He played in all league matches with Gangwon FC, scoring 12 goals and six assists, and led the team to second place in the league.
With this performance, he won the Young Player Award, which is given to the best prospect in the K-League, and was also nominated for the MVP of the season to select the best player in the K-League. Yang Min-hyuk won the season's best 11 because there was no opponent in the right-side midfielder position.

Yang Min-hyuk's performance in the debut season is rare even in the history of the K-League. Considering that Ji Dong-won, who went straight to Sunderland in the Premier League after debuting with the Jeonnam Dragons in the 2010 season, scored seven goals and three assists, it shows how great Yang's record was.

Therefore, when Yang Min-hyuk completed pre-negotiations with Tottenham in July last year, no one raised questions. He proved himself that he had to do this much in his debut season to go straight to the Premier League.

Tottenham also asked Yang Min-hyuk, who was originally scheduled to join on January 1, to join the team early as the number of injuries in the offense increased. Yang Min-hyuk then headed to London in mid-December last year after the end of the K-League season.

However, when he came to Tottenham, it was confirmed that the club has no intention of immediately hiring Yang. Manager Anji Postecoglou is actively practicing the phrase, "It came from a place where there is a difference in level."

When Yang Min-hyuk was mentioned during a press conference earlier this month, Postecoglou said, "I don't have any special plans (for now). Yang is still very young. He came from the other side of the world where the level of competition is "nowhere near" to the level that we will face here." As the negative meaning is strong, it had to be interpreted that Yang Min-hyuk, who actually came from the K-League, is not yet at the level of the Premier League.

"We need to give Yang enough time to adapt. Son Heung-min is here to help. I help him when he is at the club or outside. We are trying to give Yang a chance to settle down early and adapt," he said, adding that he will do his best to help him quickly.

Postecoglou later raised expectations by including Yang Min-hyuk in the replacement list against Liverpool, but he is actively keeping his remarks by excluding them from the list against Tamworth and Arsenal.

Not only Korean reporters but also British journalists did not expect this at all. Football London, which reported the news of London-based soccer teams, classified Yang as a midfielder who can play in the match against Arsenal, saying that Postecoglou is "all options available in the North London derby."

The media expected Yang to join Yves Bissouma, James Maddison, Lucas Beribal, Dejan Kulusevski and Pape Matar Sarr in the Arsenal squad.

However, Yang was excluded from the list at the match against Arsenal, and the prediction of a local reporter was also wrong. The common view was that even if he could not participate in the match, he would be able to include him in the list, but Tottenham made an unexpected decision.

Of course, it is true that Yang didn't have enough time to rest after finishing his debut season. All K-League schedules for the 2024 season were completed in early December, and Yang left for England without taking proper rest. Considering that ordinary players take a maximum one-and-a-half month rest and build up their bodies through the pre-season, it is difficult for Yang to immediately start practicing.

However, breathing with teammates and watching the game on the bench are an important part of the process of adapting. If you watch the coach's instructions right next to you and feel with your body how the players move and what the atmosphere is like when you sit on the bench, you can adapt faster. If you are not going to play in a game anyway, it would be better to sit on the bench and watch it. 안전놀이터

However, Tottenham is completely excluding Yang from the list, and plans to have him play several games for a youth team that is completely different in environment and level instead. It is expected that Yang will not be able to make his Premier League debut until late January or February at the earliest.