Tottenham have completed the signing of South Korean starlet Yang Min-hyuk from Gangwon… but the 18-year-old will not join the club until January 2025

Tottenham have completed the signing of winger Yang Min-hyuk from K League club Gangwon FC.

The 18-year-old has agreed a six-year contract with Ange Postecoglou’s side and will join the club in January 2025.

Yang has been widely compared to current South Korean star and Tottenham captain Son Heung-min.

Yang, dubbed by many as the “next son,” shined in the K League in 2024 and won the Young Player of the Month award in April, May and June.

The teenager has started all 24 of Gangwon’s league games so far this season, scoring seven goals and providing three assists.

Tottenham have completed the signing of winger Yang Min-hyuk from K League club Gangwon

The 18-year-old has agreed a six-year contract and will join the club in January 2025.

Yang is set to become the third Korean player in Tottenham’s men’s team history.

The first was left-back Lee Young-pyo, who represented Spurs 93 times between 2005 and 2008.

But Tottenham’s most famous Korean player, past or present, is undoubtedly Son, who has scored 162 goals in 408 games since joining in 2015.

Like Yang, Son’s natural position is as a full-back, but he was used more centrally last season following Harry Kane’s move from Spurs to Bayern Munich.

The current K League campaign will end on November 24.

With 15 games remaining in the season, Gangwon currently sit in fourth place, just three points behind leaders Pohang Steelers.

Yang has been widely compared to Tottenham’s South Korean star and captain Son Heung-min.

Yang is likely to play against the Spurs before joining them.

That’s because he has been selected to represent the K League in an All-Star team that will face Tottenham in an exhibition match in Seoul on Wednesday.