Hwang In-beom arrives in Porto on Sunday for medical, signs 3-year deal | OneFootball

FC Porto’s second South Korean in history, after Suk Hyun-jun, is expected to arrive in Invicta on Sunday night. The midfielder will undergo medical tests before signing a three-year contract, with an option for a further season.

The transfer will cost five million euros for 100% of the player’s economic rights. Set to turn 30 in September, he is not expected to have a release clause. Monterrey, from Mexico, also showed interest, but Francesco Farioli has secured, with two weeks to go before the official start of the season, another option for midfield, an area left short after Seko Fofana returned to Rennes at the end of his loan spell.

The South Korea international, who scored a goal at the World Cup, is expected to report to Olival at the start of next week, beginning work under the Italian coach. Farioli knows the midfielder well, as the two were opponents in the Netherlands. In fact, the signing came from a request by the coach, which Villas-Boas answered before the presentation match for the club’s members. Hwang had, however, already been on FC Porto’s radar for several years. It remains to be seen whether he can get a few minutes in the friendly against Gil Vicente, scheduled for Wednesday.

As our newspaper reported, FC Porto sent an official proposal to Feyenoord in the middle of the week and waited for a response after already reaching an agreement with Hwang, through his representatives. The Rotterdam club initially wanted to recover the seven million euros invested in the midfielder, but ended up accepting the Dragons’ offer. Yesterday morning, an agreement in principle was reached for the five million euros initially proposed.

The clubs are now finalizing the last details of the deal. The midfielder is expected in Porto tomorrow night, after a holiday period following his participation in the World Cup. He could be an option for the Super Cup against Torreense, scheduled for August 1, becoming Porto’s fourth signing of the summer after André Silva, João Afonso and Eirik Granaas. The latter two, however, are expected to compete mainly for the B team.

As already mentioned, FC Porto has also reached an agreement with Hwang regarding salary terms. The South Korean is expected to earn around 1.5 million euros net per year. The new signing can play in all midfield positions, much like Fofana, fitting the profile of a “box-to-box” player capable of serving as an alternative to both Alan Varela and Froholdt.

In the season in which he overlapped with Farioli in the Netherlands, after arriving from Red Star, Hwang played 30 matches and scored three goals, missing the two games against Ajax. In 25/26, some physical problems limited him to 24 appearances and one goal, but he recovered in time to represent South Korea at the World Cup. Before that, he played for Red Star, Rubin Kazan, Vancouver Whitecaps and Olympiacos, after starting his career in his home country with FC Seoul and Daejeon Hana Citizen.

Feyenoord accepted the offer from Porto’s SAD, which will acquire the full registration rights of the midfielder requested by Francesco Farioli to strengthen the squad’s quality. Hwang will have two weeks of work before the Super Cup.

Hwang is FC Porto’s fourth summer signing, after André Silva, Eirik Granaas and João Afonso.

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