Yaziz Sabunkoglu, a reporter for the Turkiye media "Sports Digital," said on his social networking service (SNS) X (formerly Twitter) on the 17th (Korea time) that Hong Hyun-seok will move to Trabzonpor, one of Turkiye's most prestigious places.
The reporter said, "Travezonspor and Hent have agreed to transfer Hong. Travezonspor has agreed to a four-year contract with Hong. He is heading to Turkiye for a medical test."
"Hong Hyun-seok packed his personal luggage and said goodbye to the Hent squad," he said, adding that he will soon head to Turkiye.
"Travezonspor is trying to bring Hong to Turkiye on the 18th or 19th. Flights are being prepared," another journalist from the media, Lesat Khan 외zvudak, said on social media.
Hong Hyun-seok, a native of Ulsan HD Youth, moved to Hent in the summer of 2022 after passing through Unterhaing (Germany), Junior, and LASK Linz (Austria) since 2018, and began to catch the eyes of soccer fans in earnest.
Hong Hyun-seok, who mainly plays as an attacking midfielder, showed a successful performance in the Belgian main pillar league in the 2022-2023 season with six goals and six assists in 37 games, including the playoffs, and emerged as the team's ace.
In the 2023-2024 season, Hong Hyun-seok also proved to be an ace in the team by scoring five goals and six assists in 30 games in the league despite missing several games due to the Hangzhou Asian Games in September last year and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Qatar Asian Cup in January.
In the 2024-2025 season, Hong Hyun-seok has started all three league games, started all four UEFA conference league qualifiers, and has shown key performances, including two goals and three assists in two games against Viking Gur (Iceland) in the second round.
Hong Hyun-seok is a key resource called a central midfielder resource for the next national team that will succeed Hwang In-beom (Zrvena Zvezda) as he was also selected for the first time in the Korean national soccer team in June last year. Currently, he has played 12 A matches and is able to continue his performance on the European stage by receiving military service benefits from the gold medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games. He is famous for silencing 50,000 spectators by scoring a picture-like left-footed free kick in the first half against China in the quarterfinals of the Asian Games.안전놀이터
In the meantime, rumors of a transfer to Trabzonspor are quite surprising news. The Turkiye Schiffer League is a league known in Europe, but it is similar to Belgium. However, Turkiye may have a higher annual salary than Belgium because of its enthusiasm for spectators, the amount of investment and sponsors received by the club as a whole.
Trabzonspor is one of the most prestigious teams that has won many trophies, including seven in the Turkiye League and nine in the Türkiye Cup. Besides the four teams in Istanbul (Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Besiktash and Bashagshehir), the team has shown outstanding performance.
It is where coach Senol Günesch, who is familiar with Korean fans, played legendary, and the name of his home stadium is Senol Günesch Stadium. Lee Eul-yong and Seok Hyun-jun have played as Korean players. If Hong Hyun-seok heads to the Trabzonspor, he will be the third Korean national to play in the first division of the Turkiye in two years after Kim Min-jae, who played in Fenerbahce until the summer of 2022.