Tottenham and Newcastle United are amongst a number of clubs monitoring Wolves striker Hwang Hee-chan with manager Julen Lopetegui under pressure to trim his squad.
The Spaniard who lifted the club out of the relegation zone was dismayed to learn that some players will have to be sold enabling Wolves to comply with financial fair play rules. Hwang who signed permanently for £14 million from RB Leipzig after a successful loan spell has impressed during the nervy run in to the end of the season.
And that has brought the 27-year-old South Korean to the notice of Spurs who already have Hwang’s international team-mate Son Heung-min at the club. Newcastle looking to strengthen with extra games next season after qualifying for the Champions League have made an enquiry while Aston Villa and Jose Mourinho ’s Roma have also registered an interest in the forward who is nicknamed ‘Bull’.
Lopetegui is loathe to lose the speedy striker especially when it appears influential skipper Ruben Neves is likely to leave with Barcelona and Manchester United leading the chase while record £42 million buy Mattheus Nunes is interesting Liverpool. He has had talks with chairman Jeff Shi and Chinese owners Fosun about what could turn out to be a significant summer of comings and goings.
Lopetegui wants any transfer business to be completed as quickly as possible which means that Hwang’s suitors will have to show their hands in the coming weeks. Wolves are action on Sunday when they travel to Arsenal in their final Premier League game of the season.
Speaking ahead of the game, Lopetegui said: "The real situation is I am very happy with our work, the fans are very happy with our work. I love our fans. The big merit of our success is our fans this year. I repeat that a lot but it is true. At home we have felt this energy.
"We will see what is going to happen. I have a contract, we have to talk. It is not about one day or two days, we have to talk about the solution for the future to be able to have one squad ready to compete again to be out of relegation next year.
"Because this year is more or less a wake up call. We have to learn why it has happened and to overcome and make our homework this summer, despite we have problems. We have to discuss and see. It is not about one or two days, we will see what is going to happen.”
Wolves were bottom of the table when Lopetegui was appointed in November but the former Real Madrid, Sevilla and Spain boss led them to safety with three games to play. He added: "We have one new problem about the financial fair play. We will see, we have to discuss with the chairman and owners to, more importantly what the solutions are going to do. If you have a problem, you have to solve this problem. This is all.
"About my future, I have a contract and we will see what is going to happen. This is football, we don’t know. But this is the true situation now. Now we are here today because on Sunday we have an important match because it is the last match of the season against maybe the best team with Manchester City in the Premier League."
