After selling Nick Woltemade to Newcastle, Stuttgart immediately recruited Oh Hyeon-Gyu from Genk to where the German star. The Korean striker set a transfer record in the history of Stuttgart for a fee of 27 million euros.
Although financial details are not published, according to British media, the value of the transfer of Nick Woltemade to Newcastle is about £ 69 million (80 million euros). This figure breaks the record when Alexander Isak arrives at Newcastle with a £ 63 million contract (72 million euros) 3 years ago. Woltemade mature from Werder Bremen's youth training furnace, launched Bundesliga at 2020 at the age of 17, becoming the youngest player in the history of the club in Germany. He moved to Stuttgart last year and scored 17 goals after 33 matches in all competitions.
Instead of this “pole” 1m98 high, Stuttgart quickly welcomed Oh Hyeon-Gyu from Genk with a record price of the club: 27 million euros with 1 million euros. This player will also stick with Stuttgart for 4 years. The previous transfer record of Stuttgart belonged to Deniz Undav when he came here from Brighton for 26.7 million euros. Notably, the official amount that Stuttgart spent in the Oh Hyeon-Gyu crop has not been verified. Bild reported that to own Oh Hyeon-Gyu, Stuttgart spent only a transfer fee of about 18 million euros plus bonuses.
Compared to Woltemade, Oh Hyeon-Gyu is not as high as he also impresses with a height of 1m87. Oh Hyeon-Gyu grew up from Suwon Samsung Bluewings training. In early 2023, Oh Hyeon-Gyu left Gimcheon and joined the Celtic of Scotland with a long-term contract. During two years of competition for Celtic, Oh Hyeon-Gyu did not play regularly, he mainly entered the bench and had 12 goals after 47 matches.
In July 2024, Oh Hyeon-Gyu left Celtic, joined the Genk with a contract with a term of 2028. During the time of sticking with the Belgian team, the center was born in 2001, scored 14 goals, 4 assists after 17 matches.
In addition to Oh Hyeon-Gyu, Stuttgart is also capable of signing a contract with Bilal El Khannouss from Leicester City. The 21 -year -old Morocco attacking midfielder is present in Germany for medical examination. El Khannouss is expected to come to Stuttgart on a loan and a loan term of VND 20 million. He personally scored 3 goals and had 6 assists in 37 official matches for Leicester last season.
After two consecutive victories in the German National Cup and Bundesliga, Stuttgart expects the appearance of rookies will help them play better in the upcoming period.