Top monetary values according to Transfermarkt and my own selections
Cho Gue-sung: Jeonbuk to FC Midtjylland (Denmark) - €3.05m
World Cup heartthrob finally picks his destination after flirting numerous other European clubs last winter.
Yang Hyun-jun: Gangwon to Celtic (Scotland) - €2.5m
Last season’s young player of the year, and caught attention in a exhibition match vs Tottenham last year.
Nana Boateng: CFR Cluj (Romania) to Jeonbuk - €2m
Joins up again with former Cluj manager Dan Petrescu
Vladislavs Gutkovskis: Rakow (Poland) to Daejeon - €800k
Eastern European forwards and K League - an iconic duo
Welinton Junior: Portimonense (Portugal) to Gangwon - free
Lee Chang-min: Jeju to Geoje Citizen - free loan
Heads off to the Korean fourth division to do his military service
Stefan Mugosa: Vissel Kobe (Japan) to Incheon - free
Incheon get their top scorer back just one year after Kobe bought him for about 1 million - a good bit of business from Incheon’s point of view
Honourable mention
Kim Ji-soo: Seongnam (K League 2) to Brentford (England) - €640k
Another young player who featured last year vs Tottenham, the centre back moves into Brentford’s B team for just now.