18.12.2013 18:06 h

Football: Leverkusen sign South Korea's Ryu

Rubén Vezo (l.) wird ab Januar 2014 für den FC Valencia spielen
Rubén Vezo (l.) wird ab Januar 2014 für den FC Valencia spielen

Bayer Leverkusen signed South Korea Under-20 international Ryu Seung-woo on a one-year loan from K-League side Jeju United.

The Bundesliga club says it has an option to sign forward Ryu on a full contract and having passed the medical on Wednesday, he will join Sami Hyypia-coached Leverkusen at their winter break training camp in Portugal next month.

Ryu joins fellow Korean Son Heung-min at second-placed Leverkusen who are at Werder Bremen on Saturday in the Bundesliga and have drawn Paris St-Germain in the knock-out phase of the Champions League.