Yoon Do Young's EPL debut, after next year? 5Y+￡ 2M! Why did you decide to invest in Brighton
Mar 22, 2025
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Ben Jacobs, who reported the Premier League news, said on SNS on the 22nd (Korea time) that Brighton recruited 18-year-old Korean winger Yoon Do-young. The contract period is five years, and the transfer fee is 2 million pounds (about 3.79 billion won)."
Brighton's transfer fee to Daejeon is small based on the English Premier League. However, it is quite large for investment in prospects who have not had much professional debut experience. In the UK, Brighton has also invested in the recruitment. It shows that Brighton is paying attention to Yoon Do-young's skills.
Brighton are in seventh place with 47 points as of this season, having played 29 games. Since there is not much point difference with fourth-place Chelsea (49 points), there is a possibility that they will play in the European club competition depending on the results of the remaining games.
However, Yoon Do-young will not be able to debut in a Brighton uniform until after next year.
Brighton said it inserted a lease clause while signing Yoon Do-young. The club said 'Yoon Do-young will join the team on July 1, when the transfer market will be held, but he will gain experience in other teams on loan for the 2025-2026 season.'"
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Yoon Do-young signed a semi-professional contract with Daejeon in January last year while attending Chungnam Machinery Technical High School, and signed a formal professional contract in August. At the same time, he scored his first professional goal in the 29th round against Gwangju FC, and at the same time, he recorded the youngest score at the club at 17 years, 10 months, and 4 days and the youngest scorer since the introduction of the K-League promotion system in 2013. He showed his potential with one goal and three assists in 19 games last year, his first year of debut.
Growth is continuing this year. Yoon Do-young played in all AFC U-20 Asian Cup games in February and scored one goal-1 help to contribute to South Korea's third place. With this achievement, South Korea has secured a place in the FIFA U-20 World Cup finals to be held in Chile in September. Yoon Do-young is expected to play a pivotal role in the adult national team in the future.
However, it is difficult to say that it is perfect in terms of experience even in such a career. He spent only two seasons since his professional debut, and his national team career remains at the youth level. Brighton has no choice but to focus on systematic growth. Rather than staying in the second division, it seems to be moving toward sending it on loan to lower European leagues such as Belgium to gain experience in the game, rather than staying in the second division.
Brighton hired Kaoru Mitoma (Japan) from Kawasaki Frontale in 2021 on loan to Winion Saint-Jeal Lewis (Belgium) to grow it. Mitoma later rose to prominence as Brighton's main winger. Yoon Do-young also pledged that he wants to build a successful career on the European stage like Mitoma. He was able to grow a lot as a player thanks to the team called Daejeon. "I have a great affection for the team as much as I spent in Daejeon since I was in middle school. I thank everyone who gave me too much love, and I want to do my best to shine the name of Daejeon for the rest of the year."
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
