Bolton set for Lee switch

25 July 2009 09:30
FC Seoul have announced Lee Chung-Yong will sign for Bolton once the South Korean international has been issued a work permit. The 21-year-old has spent the past week in the north of England, where according to the K-League side Lee reached a verbal agreement on a three-year deal for a transfer fee of about £2.1 million. "The contract will be signed officially after a work permit is issued," Seoul said in a statement. Lee returned to Seoul on Friday confident the deal would go ahead, saying: "On my second day in England I had the medical tests and looked at the training facilities. I thought they were very good. I was jealous. It was my dream to play there so I am so happy. "To adjust quickly, I need to get to know my team-mates. I met manager Gary Megson a few times. He spoke to me but as I can't speak English, I couldn't understand him. "We haven't quite agreed the details of the contract but we will do so when the work permit is sorted. In about 15 days I should get the work permit. Until it comes, I will spend my time training as hard as possible."

Source: Eurosport