Yoon Do-Young set to join Brighton

The future of Daejeon and Korean football, Yoon Do-young, has been confirmed to join the Premier League.

 K League 1 Daejeon Hana Citizen announced the transfer news through their official website, saying, "Player Yoon Do-young, who has been with Daejeon since his U-15 days, has confirmed his transfer to Brighton & Hove Albion FC." They added, "Please send your generous support to Yoon Do-young, who is about to take on a new challenge."

Brighton also said through their official website, "We are very happy to have signed winger Yoon Do-young with Daejeon Club." They added, "Yoon, 18, who will remain in Daejeon until the end of June, will join Albion on July 1 when the transfer market opens again, and his contract period is until June 2030. He is expected to be loaned out next season."

Upon hearing the news of Yoon Do-young's joining, Brighton technical director David Ware expressed his anticipation, saying, "Yoon (Do-young) is widely known as one of the best talents in Asia. I am very pleased that he has decided to become a Brighton player." Yoon Do-young has thus become the 19th Korean player to sign with a Premier League team. Since Park Ji-sung signed with Manchester United in the summer transfer market in 2005, Lee Young-pyo, Seol Ki-hyun, Lee Dong-gook, Kim Du-hyun, Cho Won-hee, Lee Chung-yong, Ji Dong-won, Park Chu-young, Ki Sung-yong, Kim Bo-kyung, Yoon Suk-young, Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan, and Kim Ji-soo have all made their Premier League debuts.