Nottingham Forest man Hwang Ui-Jo shares the ‘extremely important decision’ that he’s made

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Nottingham Forest striker Hwang Ui-jo has opened up on his latest loan move after joining K-League outfit FC Seoul until the end of the season. The 30-year-old South Korean was signed by Forest from Bordeaux in the summer.

Hwang was immediately loaned out to Olympiacos. There he made 11 appearances in all competitions but sadly for him, he failed to hit the back of the net.

That saw Evangelos Marinakis make the decision to end his loan and send him back to Forest. His return to the City Ground was shortlived and having played for Bordeaux and Olympiacos; playing for Forest was never an option.

Now, he’s returned to his homeland. After making the switch to FC Seoul, he hopes to hit the goal trail and prove to people exactly what he’s capable of.

He told Yonhap News Agency: “This was an extremely important decision for me. I put a lot of thought into it. I will try to improve my match fitness as much as I can over these six months. We’ll see what happens then.”

Hwang headed to the World Cup last year. He was included in South Korea’s squad and missed an absolute sitter in the opening group game against Uruguay, with Danny Murphy labelling the miss ‘awful’.

Hwang opened up on FC Seoul move

It’s easy to say that Forest fans would get good money on Hwang never kicking a ball for the club. He looks like a seriously strange signing and one that appears to have done little other than help Olympiacos get him for six months without a transfer fee.

Things didn’t work out for him in Greece. He failed to score a single goal and now he will hope for better luck in the K-League over the next six months.

Hwang has enjoyed a decent career. In France, he scored 29 goals from 98 appearances and he’s also got 74 goals to his name from a number of appearances in South Korea.

If Forest stay in the Premier League, there’s absolutely no chance of him playing for the Reds next season. As a result, this latest loan move might do very little other than place him in the shop window.