The talented South Korean playmaker is hoping his Australian incursion proves a stepping stone for the big leagues of Europe.

"I want to go to Eindhoven. It's my dream. Holland. When I was 17 I watched a game in Holland I thought I wanted to play in Holland with some good players," he told au.fourfourtwo.com without the aid of a translator.

And the baby-faced 21-year-old South Korean hopes a move to Holland will propel him into his other favoured destination, Spain's La Liga.

Song says any move away from the Jets would only happen next season at the earliest and after the side's 2009 Asian Champions League campaign.

"I like Newcastle. I'm very happy to stay here. After this season, maybe, maybe," says Song, who arrived late last season with Newcastle and pepped up the side's forward line ahead of its grand final winning run.

Meanwhile, the Jets will look to Song increasingly now that star man Joel Griffiths' hamstring injury has robbed Newcastle of their talisman for around four weeks.

Newcastle sit in sixth place on the A-League ladder, with one win and three draws from the opening six rounds of Australia's domestic league.

The popular former FC Seoul player - who once trained with Pim Verbeek briefly during a training camp for the South Korean U/23s a year ago - says Griffiths re-signing with the club and being upgraded to marquee staus is good news for the stuttering side, as is the re-signing of coach Gary Van Egmond.

"I"m very happy to play with him [Griffiths]. He's a very good player and experienced.

"Gary Van Egmond, he gives me confidence and he always says you are a very good player and then you can do everything. I trust him very much and I'm very happy with him.

"Everyone is my best friend at Jets," Song added. "Particularly Tarek [Elrich], Jason Hoffman, Matt Thompson, Kaz [Patafta], Shaun [Ontong] .... everyone. Tarek I speak too much to him but he always talks in slang."

And Song has slipped into life in Newcastle relatively easily. The fans have found a favourite too with his excellent technique an eye-catcher for the fans – even if he doesn't understand what they sing about.

And he's enjoying being in the surfside town after the hustle and bustle of life in Seoul.

"There are maybe about 400 Korean people in Newcastle. I see some of them in church on Sunday and they know me and sometimes give me [Korean] food."

But Song has one gripe about life in Australia.

"I like girls but I think they don't like me."

Asked why, he explained with a laugh, "Because I'm Korean. Not tall, not speak English. They don't like me, I think so."