New Tottenham signing confirms early move ahead of January transfer window

New Tottenham signing Yang Min-hyeok has confirmed that he will arrive at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium earlier than expected.

The South Korean frontman, who plays for Gangwon FC, is enjoying a well-deserved break now, having finished the K-League season with his club. Gangwon finished the season in second place, following the end of season play-offs, just behind Ulsan.

Yang finished the campaign with 12 goals and five assists to his name, making him the seventh-best player in the league for goals and assists combined. Not bad for an 18-year-old.

READ MORE: What Maddison and Postecoglou did at the final whistle as Tottenham's perfect plan upset Guardiola

READ MORE: Managing Tottenham - Takefusa Kubo transfer decision amid £24.3m January double deal

Spurs completed a deal to sign Yang in the summer transfer window, with the forward arriving in the January transfer window. But he will join up with his new teammates earlier than January.

With the K-League season now over, Yang is heading off on holiday, but has confirmed he will arrive in England in mid-December, to prepare for January with the first team.

Speaking after the end of the season, Yang said: "I will leave [for England] on December 16. Tottenham wanted me to come over early, so I will take some time off before heading over. I will focus on getting acclimated as soon as possible."

Like with Archie Gray and Lucas Bergvall, football.london understands the South Korean teenager will be given plenty of time to adapt rather than be rushed into Ange Postecoglou's plans.

Yang will be carefully introduced to life at Tottenham and in the Premier League as he arrives in a new club, league, country and culture rather than be thrown immediately into Postecoglou's matchday squads in January, with the plan always for him to arrive in December ahead of his move.

It's also worth bearing in mind that the 18-year-old is coming to the end of what has been his first season in senior football, one that began all the way back in March and he will have played more than 3,000 minutes of football by the time it ends. To then jump almost straight into a half-season of Premier League football with its pace and power is going to be a big ask physically.