Overview
- The club presented Chunghyun Lee on Tuesday as its eighth new signing, confirming a season‑long loan from Bucheon FC 1995 that includes a purchase option.
- Magdeburg described the 18‑year‑old as a 1.77 m, technically trained outside player with high game intelligence and development potential.
- Sporting director Peer Jaekel said the club sees Lee as a versatile prospect who could be developed as an outside defender and that he will be given time to adapt to Germany.
- Reporting from BILD, citing Sports Chosun, said Lee was recently called into South Korea’s U20s and had reportedly already arrived in Germany to join the squad.
- The move follows a recent loan of fellow South Korean Doyoung Yoon from Brighton and reflects a deliberate push by Magdeburg to scout and develop young talent from the South Korean market.