Editing Seol Ki-hyeon (section)

=== Wolverhampton Wanderers ===
In August 2004, Seol moved to England, joining a [[Football League Championship|Championship]] club [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]].<ref name="Seol1">{{cite web |url=https://news.joins.com/article/2491217 |script-title=ko:울버햄튼의 영원한 기억…'쎄올(Seol)' |language=ko |publisher=[[JoongAng Ilbo]] |date=30 October 2006 |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> The Wolverhampton manager at the time, [[Glenn Hoddle]], preferred Seol as one of his first-choice forwards,<ref name="Seol1"/> using him in various roles such as striker, attacking midfielder and winger.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/01/21/2005012170143.html |script-title=ko:울버햄튼 감독, "설기현 최고 멀티플레이어" 극찬 |language=ko |publisher=[[The Chosun Ilbo]] |date=21 January 2005 |access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>

Disappointed by the failure of Wolves' promotion, Seol sought Premier League clubs interested in him before the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] despite having two years left on his contract. He was reported as saying "At this stage, I'm frustrated not to be in the Premiership. I think there will be some good news after the World Cup."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/06/20/200606200025.asp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060622001929/http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/site/data/html_dir/2006/06/20/200606200025.asp |archive-date=22 June 2006 |title=Seol Ki-hyun looking to Premier League |publisher=[[The Korea Herald]] |date=20 July 2006 |access-date=31 December 2013}}</ref>