South Korea striker Lee Dong-gook
left for England on Monday promising to make his mark at Premier
League club Middlesbrough.
"People in South Korea will want to hear that I'm scoring goals so
that's what I hope to do," Lee told reporters before he boarded his
flight. "I'm happy to finally get the chance to play in the Premier
League."
Lee, 27, will become the fourth South Korean to play in England's
top flight after Manchester United's Park Ji-sung, Lee Young-pyo of
Tottenham Hotspur and Reading's Seol Ki-hyeon.
South Korea's leading striker in the run-up to last year's World
Cup, Lee missed the tournament after tearing knee ligaments playing
for K-League side Pohang Steelers. He was left out of South Korea's
2002 World Cup squad after failing to see eye to eye with former
coach Guus Hiddink.
