Bochum: Jong Tae-Se not allowed to leave for England

German 2.Bundesliga club VfL Bochum will not release North Korean Jong Tae-Se after there was interest in the striker from ambitious English Championship club Leicester City FC. The Foxes coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has been looking to strengthen his attack, but Bochum have now said they will not release Tae-Se and need him themselves in their quest for promotion.

27 year old Jong Tae-Se (written Chong Tese here in Germany) has had a mixed first season in the German 2.Bundesliga. After joining the Ruhr valley club Tae-Se scored nine goals in the first-leg of the season, while only one more goal after the winter break.

Now going into the new season Tae-Se has internal competition in Bochum in young strikers Mirkan Aydin and Daniel Ginczek.

Jong Tae-Se has impressed one and all in Bochum! The North Korean born and raised in Japan, who has never lived in North Korea, integrated as quickly into the team as rarely happens with foreigners. Tae-Se has been eager to learn German, has picked-up the language quite fast and I myself interviewed him in German during January's Asian Cup in Qatar.