Seol Youngwoo appears instead of Hwang Inbeom

The player in question is Hwang In-beom, a key midfielder of the Korean national team. Hwang will move to Feyenoord Rotterdam, a prestigious club in the Netherlands and a rival of PSV. However, a Dutch soccer site confused Hwang In-beom and his former teammate Seol Young-woo, who shared the same team with Hwang, and caused a happening in which he hung the photo of Seol as a transfer student from Feyenoord.

Feyenoord announced on its website on the 3rd (Korea Standard Time) that it has signed a four-year contract with Hwang In-beom until 2028.

Hwang will play in Feyenoord uniform, which divides red and white into half, with his uniform number 4. Feyenoord is well known as the place where two leading players of the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, Song Jong-guk and Lee Chun-soo, played.

Soon after the 2002 World Cup Korea-Japan, Song moved to the Netherlands and played as a right-back. Lee Chun-soo, who returned after a slump after joining Spain's Real Sociedad, achieved his second career advance to Europe through Feyenoord in 2007, taking advantage of his rise as MVP in the K-League in 2005.

Following the two, Hwang In-beom will join Feyenoord as the third Korean player.

As a result, Hwang In-beom has played in Eastern Europe for the past two years through Olympiakos in Greece and Tsurvena Zvezda in Serbia, but he will enjoy joining a Western European club for the first time in his life.

According to European media, Feyenoord, who took Hwang In-beom, pays Zvezda millions of euros in transfer fees. According to The Telegraph, a leading Dutch magazine, Zvezda reportedly set Hwang In-beom's buyout at 8 million euros (minimum amount guaranteed for transfer). In other words, Zvezda earned 2.5 million euros, or 4.3 billion won, in a year.

Immediately after joining the club, Hwang was excited to play in the Descayp Stadium, Feyenoord's home stadium that can accommodate 50,000 people. "Technya Uro Spic, a teammate of Tsurvena Zvezda, said that it was the right decision for me to go to Feyenoord. Feyenoord is the biggest club in my career," Hwang said. "As far as I know, Feyenoord is full of stadiums in every home game. It's a big club in Europe, and I want to stay here for a long time. I'm happy and I want to show good performances to my fans."

Hwang did not forget to take care of Zvezda fans. After playing the last game of Zvezda, Hwang said goodbye to Zvezda around the stadium and even shed tears.

"To Zvezda family, thank you very much for signing a contract when I was in the most difficult situation a year ago," Hwang said. At that time, Hwang was unable to play in matches due to conflicts with his former team Olympiacos in Greece. "I am so grateful for giving me the opportunity to win two trophies, my first and second trophies after the end of last season. I am also thankful that he gave me the 'Player of the Year' last season."

He then said, "I wish you good luck and take good care of Seol Young-woo, a Korean player." He also did not forget to cheer for Seol Young-woo, a junior member of the national team who moved from Ulsan in July and is now active in Zvezda.

In fact, the team that was mentioned as Hwang's next destination was not Feyenoord but Ajax, the most prestigious club in the Netherlands. Serbian media recently reported that Ajax has shown willingness to pay the buyout amount.

However, the situation has changed since Feyenoord joined the war after Ajax's love call. Finally, Hwang decided on his destination in Feyenoord. Overall, it is true that Ajax is a prestigious university, but the recent upturn in the market has been attributed to the fact that Feyenoord won the second place in the regular league last year and secured the ticket to the UEFA Champions League this year.

However, in the process, a media outlet created a skit in which a picture of Seol Young-woo was inserted instead of Hwang In-beom.

"433 Netherlands (433.nl )" posted a picture of Seol Young-woo smiling brightly in a Zvezda uniform and announced, "Hwang In-beom is going to Feyenoord."

Fans are protesting in the comments, saying, "The player is wrong" and "This is also racist."

When Hwang was playing for the Olympiacos, he was rumored to be offering a large amount of money by Saudi Arabian clubs. Hwang might have been shaken by the huge offer as he built his nest in the Olympiacos after twists and turns, but he did not look away. He finally came back to fruition of joining Feyenoord. He made a basic mistake that the media did not even know who Hwang was.

Feyenoord, based in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, is a prestigious club ranked third (16 times) in the league after Ajax (36 times) and PSV Eindhoven (25 times).

Last season, he accumulated 84 points with 26 wins, six draws and two losses, ranking second after Eindhoven (91. The latest championship came in the 2022-2023 season, when he accumulated 82 points with 25 wins, seven draws and two losses. Manager Arne Slot, who won the title at that time, has been at the helm of Liverpool in the English Premier League since this season. Currently, the coach is Brian Friske from Denmark.

As Feyenoord has to fight in the UEFA Champions League finals this season, he will bring Hwang In-beom, who has been proven in A-match with Greece and Serbia in terms of competitiveness. Feyenoord will need a central midfielder to fill the position as he sent Biffer to Brighton in the Premier League this summer.

Introducing the reason why Feyenoord recruited Hwang, the Dutch leading magazine Butbal International said, "Hwang is a 28-year-old Korean player who has made a name for himself as a dynamic midfielder. Feyenoord has decided to invest in a player who already has experience in the UEFA Champions League." Hwang seems to have highly appreciated his diverse experiences, especially when he scored a goal in the match against Manchester City while playing in the UEFA Champions League with Zvezda last season. 토토사이트 추천

On the other hand, Feyenoord seems to be aiming for Asian marketing effects including those of Korea. Feyenoord has been paying attention to the Asian market by placing himself in charge of Asian marketing for a long time.