Hwang Hee-chan’s hospitality and Wolves coach also admitted…”It wasn’t the answer or number 9″

O’Neill attended a pre-press conference on the 29th ahead of his showdown with Everton in the 20th round of the English Premier League in the 2023/24 season at Molineux Stadium in Wolverhampton, England, at 12 a.m. on the 31st (Korea time). Ahead of the final match in 2023, O’Neill was asked about Hwang Hee-chan. This season, Hwang Hee-chan scored 10 goals in the league in the first half alone, becoming the most prolific scorer in his team.

During the 19th round of the league’s Brentford away match held on the 28th, Hwang Hee-chan started and scored multiple goals in the first half alone, leading the team to a 4-1 victory. He could have targeted a hat-trick, but he was disappointed that he was replaced in the extra time of the first half due to cramps in his back muscles after competing in the air ball.

Coach O’Neill, who attended the pre-press conference, said, “Both Craig Dawson and Hwang Hee-chan are healthy and both will start against Everton because they received full training today,” signaling Hwang Hee-chan’s start against Everton.

He also talked about Hwang Hee-chan’s bid for the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup. Ahead of the Asian Cup to be held in Qatar on Jan. 12 next year, Hwang Hee-chan was included in the final list of the Korean national soccer team led by Jurgen Klinsmann.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced on the 29th that most of the overseas players, including Hwang Hee-chan, plan to join Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the national team’s training camp is located on January 2. Coach O’Neill also said, “This Everton match will probably be Hwang Hee-chan’s last match with us before the Asian Cup.”

There is a lot of concern that Hwang Hee-chan, the most scorer in the team, is missing, but O’Neill said, “We will look at what we can do and what we have in the squad,” adding, “We faced a similar situation as when I arrived at the team, and Hwang Hee-chan was not the answer to the score at the time and he was not the No. 9 striker.” 토토사이트

As O’Neill said, Hwang Hee-chan’s position in the team at the beginning of the season was completely different from what he is now. At that time, Hwang Hee-chan was not enough to be classified as a key striker in Wolverhampton as he only scored eight goals in the league over the past two years. Due to the club’s financial problems, the possibility of a transfer was considered during the 2023 summer transfer window.

“Hwang Hee-chan is leaving Wolverhampton this summer. Wolverhampton is facing a financial fair play (FFP) problem and will sell Hwang Hee-chan to balance the club’s books,” the British media outlet The Sun said in May.

Leeds United, which had shown an active interest in Hwang Hee-chan in the past, was mentioned as the next destination, but the media said, “Liz is unlikely to revive the interest shown to Hwang Hee-chan last year. Hwang Hee-chan revealed a problem in goal determination,” and explained that Leeds withdrew their interest due to Hwang Hee-chan’s poor determination.

O’Neill, who took the helm of Wolverhampton ahead of the new season, also replaced Hwang Hee-chan early in the season. Since the season’s opening, Hwang has played in three of the four league matches as a substitute. Despite his short playing time, he scored two goals in four matches to earn O’Neill’s trust. Hwang Hee-chan also scored Wolverhampton’s first Premier League goal this season.

As he proved his worth with his skills, O’Neill’s view of him has also changed 180 degrees. He highly valued Hwang Hee-chan and included him in the starting lineup without missing a single game from the fifth round. Since then, Hwang Hee-chan has achieved his 10th goal in the league in 19 rounds, achieving double-digit goals, living up to O’Neill’s expectations.

O’Neill hoped that if Hwang Hee-chan is away due to his participation in the Asian Cup, players who have not had enough time to play will perform well and fill his vacancy. “The team has done a fantastic job so far, and we will continue to work hard,” he said. “If Channi leaves, we will give other players a chance to play. We will find a way to maintain our competitiveness and move forward.”

Hwang Hee-chan’s latest sensation is blowing from England to Spain. “He is Hwang Hee-chan, the new ‘el nuevo Son’ who stormed the Premier League with Wolverhampton,” Spain’s Sport said on Monday. “After scoring two goals against Brentford, the Korean player has now scored 10 goals in the league. His goals allow Wolverhampton to rest peacefully in the middle of the league,” he said. He also introduced that Hwang Hee-chan has emerged as the best Korean Premier Leaguer since Son Heung-min.

The media continued, “Korean striker Hwang Hee-chan of Wolverhampton is one of the sensations of the Premier League. No one expected him in the race for the top scorer, but the Korean striker has completely entered the rankings after multiple goals against Brentford,” adding, “He is one of the few key players in Wolverhampton.” Hwang Hee-chan, who scored 10 goals in the Premier League, is definitely a sensation in Wolverhampton’s offense. His goals have been the key to Wolverhampton’s comfortable position at the center of the league table.

“It took only 28 minutes for Hwang Hee-chan to score two goals in the 4-1 win over Brentford. Hwang Hee-chan, who took advantage of Brentford’s defense’s error in the 14th minute of the first half to push the ball into the net, was not satisfied there and scored with a half-volley shot in the 28th minute of the first half,” he said, highlighting his performance in the match against Brentford. He also stressed that Hwang Hee-chan is threatening the Premier League’s representative strikers.

“With 10 goals in the league and one in the Carabao Cup, Hwang Hee-chan has become the most prolific scorer in his team. Matheus Cunha, who has scored the second most goals, has five,” Sport said. “Statistically, he is not much different from the great strikers in the Premier League. Only top scorer Erling Holan (14 goals), Mohamed Salah, Dominic Solanke (12 goals), Son Heung-min, and Jared Boen (11 goals) have scored more goals than Hwang. He is getting closer to Holan, beating over Alexander Isak (8 goals) and Ollie Watkins (9 goals).

He called Hwang Hee-chan the new Son Heung-min. “Although we have not been able to join our best partner Pedro Netu for the past few games, we are developing a new interest with Pablo Sarabia,” the media said. “Hwang Hee-chan, who was called ‘Korean Guy’ by Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola, has become one of the biggest performers in the Premier League this season as ‘the new Son Heung-min’.”

The Premier League secretariat also showed interest in Hwang Hee-chan’s scoring streak this season. The Premier League has compared Hwang Hee-chan’s scoring records in the past two seasons with his scoring records this season. Hwang Hee-chan, who joined Wolverhampton in the 2021/22 season, has only eight goals in two seasons. He has scored eight goals in a total of 57 matches, but he has scored 10 goals in 19 matches with his completely changed performance this season.

Notably, he made eight goals with 19 effective shots in the past two seasons, but exploded 10 goals with 11 effective shots in this season. His goal-scoring rate based on effective shots is close to 100 percent. Hwang Hee-chan, who scored as many goals as Son Heung-min, became the first player to score 10 goals in a single season in the Premier League. Previously, Park Ji-sung, Ki Sung-yueng, Lee Chung-yong, and Seol Ki-hyun played in the Premier League, but all of them failed to score double digits.

The recent tremendous performance was rewarded with a three-fold increase in annual salary through the renewal of the contract. Wolverhampton reported on its official website on the 22nd that “Hwang Hee-chan, the top scorer at Wolverhampton, promised his future to the club by signing a new long-term contract that is valid until 2028, which includes an option to extend one year.”