The English Premier League (EPL) Wolverhampton Wanderers have officially announced the signing of Sang-bin Sang (20), a striker who used to play for K League 1 Suwon Samsung.



Sangbin Sang-bin is first loaned to Grasshopper Club Zurich, Switzerland, and starts living in Europe.



Wolverhampton announced on its official channel on the 28th (local time), "We have signed a contract with Korean prospect Sang-bin Sang. Sang-bin will join Grasshopper Club on an 18-month loan."



The Grasshopper Club also announced the lease along with a photo of Sang-bin Sang, who arrived there.



It is the 15th time in history that a Korean player has signed a contract with an EPL team.



A recent example is Hwang Hee-chan (26), who wore the same Wolverhampton uniform last year.



However, it is after the rental period that Sangbin will officially step on the EPL stage.



The reason Jeong Sang-bin goes to Grasshopper first is because of his EPL work permit.



A player who is not from the European Union (EU) must obtain a work permit to play in the EPL, but Sang-bin Sang, who has not yet participated in the national team or his team, cannot meet the conditions. made it so



Sangbin Sang-bin, a native of Suwon Samsung Youth, Matango, has grown rapidly after joining the professional team under a semi-pro contract in 2020 when he was in his third year of high school.



In the 2020 Asian Football Federation (AFC) Champions League (ACL), he became the first high school student to play in the ACL as a K-League, and in the 2021 season, when he went straight to the pro after being selected by Suwon, he played 28 matches in the K-League 6 He scored two goals and assisted.



With strong pressure and unstoppable breakthrough ability, he was nicknamed 'Korea's Mbappe'.



He was also selected by the national team coach Paulo Bento and scored his debut goal as a substitute in the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian region group H match (5-0 South Korea win) against Sri Lanka in June last year as a substitute. .



Scott Sellers, the Wolverhampton club's technical director, said, "Sang Sang-bin is a young and promising person. Even as a teenager, he showed good performances at the club and national team." .



Wolverhampton is a team that Gyeongnam FC manager Seol Ki-hyun played from 2004 to 2006 as a player, and recently completed the full signing of Hwang Hee-chan, who was taken on loan from Leipzig, Germany, and signed a contract with Sang-bin Sang, continuing the relationship with the Korean player.



Grasshopper, where Sang-bin Sang will play first, is the 6th place among 10 Swiss Super League teams for the 2021-2022 season, and has a league match against Sion on the 31st and FC Zurich on the 6th of next month.



(Photo = Grasshopper club website capture, Yonhap News)