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‘Son Heung-min may move to Bayer Leverkusen’

By Yoon Min-sik

Published : June 6, 2013 - 11:59

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Son Heung-min, a striker for Hamburg SV and one of South Korea’s top soccer prospects, may move to Bayer Leverkusen, German media reported Wednesday.

According to Kicker Online, Son is close to reaching a deal with Leverkusen, the team on which Korean soccer star Cha Bum-kun used to play.

The website expected Son’s transfer fee to be about 10 million euros ($13 million).

Leverkusen’s spokesman Dirk Mesch told Goal.com that the club could not confirm this report. Son’s agent Thies Bliemeister was unavailable for comment.

The 21-year-old Son, whose contract with Hamburg expires after the 2013-14 season, had been attracting attention from various teams in Britain and Germany.

According to U.K. website Transfer Market, the player’s market value is estimated at 11.5 million pounds, and has been trending up since he debuted on the adult stage in 2010.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)