Min-hyuk Yang is one of the many young starlets Tottenham have signed this summer.

The young South Korean has been touted as the next “Son Heung-min,” which is high praise indeed given the two will be joined at club level in a few months’ time.

For the time being, the two are now set to team up at the international level.

Min-hyuk Yang named in latest South Korea squad

Tottenham-bound Min-hyuk Yang has been named in South Korea’s latest squad ahead of the upcoming international break.

Yang, born in 2006 and capable of playing at either wing, had been gaining a lot of plaudits for his performances in the K League 1 while playing for Gangwon before confirming his move to the Lilywhites earlier this summer. He’ll move to North London in January, once the ongoing K League 1 season ends.

Yang’s numbers at Gangwon so far read: 28 games, 8 goals, 5 assists.

South Korea face Palestine and Oman during the upcoming international break.

Big months ahead for Yang

Yang has been attracting a lot of interest not just because of his performances but also because of where he going to next up next year, with Spurs already boating South Korea’s greatest-ever footballing export and practising a “youth-first” recruitment strategy under Technical Director Johan Lange.

We have seen how young talents can crumple under pressure. We have also seen how a few take up the challenge like a duck to water and soar ever so high. One hopes for the sake of Yang and Spurs that the latter comes about in their case.

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All this hype, however, has added a few levels of spotlight to Yang, and he can expect himself to be monitored closely in the lead-up to his arrival in North London this January.