Tottenham-bound teen Yang called up by South Korea

The 18-year-old forward signed for the Premier League club last month and will join from Gangwon FC in January after the South Korean season ends.

Tottenham-bound teen Yang called up by South Korea, Source: youtube.com

Yang was called up by new coach Hong Myung-bo as South Korea begin their World Cup qualifying final round campaign against Palestine at home on September 5 and Oman away five days later.

Captain Son Heung-min was also named in the squad on Monday, alongside Bayern Munich's Kim Min-jae and Paris Saint-Germain's Lee Kang-in.

Yang has scored eight goals this season for Gangwon, who lead the K-League table after 28 games.

Hong said the teenager had "done enough this season to deserve a spot on the national team".

"His body of work for this season speaks for itself, and I think this was the right time to give him this opportunity," South Korean news agency Yonhap quoted Hong as saying.

"A lot of people have high expectations of him, and I hope he can do some good things for us here."

Hong was named as South Korea's new coach last month after a protracted search to find a successor to Jurgen Klinsmann, who was fired after the Asian Cup in February.

South Korea are aiming to qualify for their 11th straight World Cup.