Oh Hyeon-gyu

German clubs are pretty big on ensuring players' fitness is top notch. They draw blood to test for fatigue. Annoying, but scientific.

I thought Freiburg had bought him from Bayern, but no. Loan, and it has finished. He would improve us in the wing department.

 

I think they have bought him but for some reason when they did they loaned him straight back to Bayern 2.

Given how sparingly he was used last season they may be open to selling though. He only cost them €2m so might be happy to cash in.

 

Oh is enthusiastic and has a bit of physicality about him but... Technically he is weak. Poor touch at times and movement leaves a lot to be desired.

 

Don't agree with that part. I think he's technically sound and has already shown to have an excellent first touch at times.

I agree about his movement though...

 

Aye saying his touch is poor is blatantly not true. His control and hold up play looks very good.

 

If Kyogo was out for any length of time do you think he would be a suitable replacement?

 

Hard to say given he's not had a real run of starts. His link up play has looked better than Kyogo's imo but he's not really shown that same lethal instinct in the box as of yet. Just small glimpses.

 

Are they paying Freiburg €1m to end the loan of their own player......

 

They could just be NT friends, buuut...it could also be our focus on East Asia meant Mark Lawwell has been sifting through wingers, and this guy came up. Oh doing the preparatory work to persuade Jeong to come.

 

Celtic star Oh Hyeon-gyu officially become a year younger overnight, due to bizarre age rulings in South Korea.


The country’s previous age-counting method made people a year or two older than they really are – with Wednesday’s change formalising the international method as standard in administrative and civil laws.

Traditionally, South Koreans turn one on the day they are born – and another year older when the calendar hits January 1.

That means someone born on December 31 turns two the next day. But now, following the widely recognised international method, people will turn one a year after their birth.



That means Celtic striker Oh, who was born on April 12 2001, will now be a year younger in his homeland.

Government officials have admitted the new law will not meaningfully change how public services are delivered – with most already based on international ages.

President Yoon Suk Yeol has described standardising ages as a key goal of his government, citing a need to reduce “social and administrative confusion” and disputes.

International ages were already the standard in most South Korean laws and official and legal documents and define when a person goes to school, becomes eligible to drive and vote and gets a pension.

While the new law says a person’s age must be counted by the passing of birthdays for most public services, it does not affect other age-related regulations that are based on yearly rules.

Staying the same is the country’s legal age for drinking and smoking, which are allowed from January 1 of the year a person turns 19 in their international age, regardless of whether their birthday has passed.

The new law does not affect when South Korean men become eligible to serve their mandatory military duties, which is from January 1 of the year they turn 18 in international age.


Changing those age regulations would require revisions of the country’s youth protection and military service laws, the government legislation ministry said.

Lee Wan-kyu, the government legislation minister, said in a statement the new law is mostly aimed at reducing confusion in daily life and inspiring a change in “social perception” toward a more rational way of counting ages.

Promoting international age as a social standard could be important in areas like health care.

For example, a child could be at risk if his or her parents see a cough syrup instruction that reads “20ml for 12 years and older” and think it means the so-called “Korean age”, the ministry said in a press release.

There have also been instances where public transport users demand refunds after paying for their children’s fares, thinking the free rides given to children under six meant their Korean age.

Differing age interpretations inspired a major dispute in 2004 at a dairy company, Namyang, after unionists and management disagreed over the terms of their collective bargaining agreement that allowed the company to gradually reduce the salaries of employees aged 56 or older.

Following a lengthy court battle over whether 56 meant the Korean age or international age, the Supreme Court in 2022 ruled the agreement should be interpreted as 55 years in international age, citing communication records between unionists.

 

RANGERS ACCOUNTANTS FOUND HIDING IN SOUTH KOREA

 

Buckled

 

Might be the time to be getting Oh to put that word in with his national team friend given this Jota situation.

 

I thought this guy would be replacing Abada/Forrest. We haven't even received any bids from the Saudis.

 

This is true but it isn’t sounding good just now, it sounds like it’s let’s trying get as much as we can out the Saudi’s, things like add ons or sell ons will be useless really when he’s going there so we need to get as much out of his fee as possible.

 

I truly don't think Jota would get pissy if we blocked a move to a scorching piece of nowhere. He can get money when we sell him next summer to a top 5 EU league club, after a cracking European season.

 

Right, time to activate "I'm pregnant you can't leave me" plan. *'s out girls. Get on it.

 

He's probably 21 or 20 now under the new South Korean age law lol