2023-07-09 22:31:23
Reporter Lee Won-hee | 2023.07.10 07:31
Minjae Kim. /Photo=Fabricio Romano SNS Kim Min-jae Bayern Munich uniform composite photo. /Photo = Bola Sports Capture Kim Min-jae in Bayern Munich uniform. /Picture = Clutch Point When Germany’s Bayern Munich recruited ‘monster’ Kim Min-jae (27), they built a super luxurious center back line.
90MIN, a British football media, said on the 9th (Korean time), “Munich has paid the full buyout for the recruitment of Kim Min-jae. The contract is expected to be completed by the beginning of next week.” The German kicker also predicted, “Kim Min-jae is moving from Serie A champion Napoli to Munich. Sooner or later, Munich will release an official.” According to the German version of Sky Sports, Kim Min-jae will sign a five-year long-term contract with Munich until 2028. He is expected to receive an annual salary of 12 million euros (approximately 17 billion won). Kim Min-jae’s buyout is known to be 50 million euros (approximately 71.5 billion won). Munich was active in recruitment to the extent of sending a medical team to Korea to conduct a medical test in time for Kim Min-jae’s discharge date (6th), who had undergone basic military training. In the end, he became the final winner of the recruiting battle. England’s Manchester United, Newcastle, and France’s Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) also sent love calls to Kim Min-jae, but could not beat Munich.
Munich went into traffic control before recruiting Kim Min-jae. French centre-back Luca Hernandez, who played in Munich, transferred to PSG on the 9th. Hernandez is a player that Munich had a big heart and recruited. In 2019, he paid 80 million euros (about 115 billion won), which is the highest transfer fee ever for the club. However, Hernandez suffered from frequent injuries and did not perform as well as expected. Even last season, Hernandez only made seven appearances in the league. Big and small injuries were repeated before that. Of the four seasons active in Munich, it was only one season in the 2021-2022 season that more than 20 league games were played.
In the end, Munich decided to sell Hernandez. The ransom has also fallen significantly. According to European transfer market expert Fabricio Romano, Hernandez recorded a transfer fee of 50 million euros and wore a PSG uniform. It is the same amount as the Kim Min-jae buyout.
In fact, Munich did not spend a single penny, replacing Hernandez, the “glass body,” with Min-jae Kim, the “monster.” Unlike Hernandez, Kim Min-jae boasts solid durability. Despite the tight schedule last season, he played in 35 league games without any problems and led Napoli to the league title, which reached the top in 33 years. Despite suffering from a hamstring injury during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he continued his stormy activity until the end of the season. Whoscored.com, a soccer statistics media, gave Kim Min-jae the highest rating among Serie A center backs at 7.07, and many soccer media outlets such as Globe Soccer and Score 90 also selected Min-jae Kim as one of the world’s best 11. In addition, Kim Min-jae also won the league’s best defender award selected by the Serie A secretariat.
This is why the recruitment of Kim Min-jae receives a higher score even if the price is the same as that of Hernandez. Germany’s Sport 1 said, “Instead of Kim Min-jae coming to Munich, Hernandez is leaving. Munich paid 50 million euros to recruit Kim Min-jae, and PSG spent 50 million euros to recruit Hernandez. It feels like a trade-off,” but “Hernandez He is a good passer, and Kim Min-jae is a dedicated and athletic defender. However, given Hernandez’s injury history, we have no choice but to give Kim Min-jae a plus.”
Minjae Kim. /Photo = Fabricio Romano SNS Luca Hernandez transferred to Paris Saint-Germain. /Photo = PSG SNS Kim Min-jae roaring at the Serie A championship. /Picture = Naples SNS Some say that Kim Min-jae’s buyout is cheap due to the great performance last season, but it is absolutely not a small amount. Kim Min-jae’s buyout of 50 million euros is the third highest transfer fee in the history of the Munich club. Hernandez ranks first in this category, while Dutch defender Matthias de Ligt holds second. Munich spent a transfer fee of 67 million euros (approximately 96 billion won) to recruit De Ligt, who played for Juventus (Italy) in 2022. In the future, Kim Min-jae plans to work with De Ligt.
It’s not over. Another center back in Munich, Dayo Upamecano, also recorded a transfer fee of 42.5 million euros (approximately 61 billion won) when he wore the Munich uniform. Upamecano’s transfer fee is the 5th highest transfer fee ever for the Munich club. The transfer fee for these three players alone amounts to 228.5 billion won. It is truly a super-luxury, center back line that boasts the strongest. Munich is also known to be interested in Manchester City (England) veteran defender Kyle Walker, who can play in both three-back and four-back. If the recruitment of Walker is completed, there will be room for the management of the squad. A defensive team that is difficult to find flaws will be completed.
Mathis de Ligt (right). /AFPBBNews=News 1 Upamecano. /AFPBBNews=Kim Min-jae, who focuses on news 1 game. /AFPBBNews=News 1 The reason why Munich is keen on power reinforcement is simple. There is an ambition to reach the top of Europe as well as the German league. A disappointing performance last season also played a role. After former manager Julian Nagelsmann was sacked, manager Thomas Tuchel took over the helm, but there were many regrets. In the European Champions League, they met Man City and were eliminated. It was also difficult to win the league championship, which had been won like a meal. If ‘rival’ Dortmund hadn’t slipped at the end of the season, even this would have been missed. Because of this, the recruitment of anger is underway from the beginning of the transfer market. Munich have already brought in midfielder Konrad Reimer and side defender Rafael Guerreiro. If Kim Min-jae is recruited, the center back will also be reinforced. Here, Munich is also aiming to sign Tottenham (England) striker Harry Kane.
Clutch Point, a sports specialist, said, “As Min-jae Kim joins Munich, he will strengthen the defense and add depth to the competition for the starting position. Munich is trying to gain an edge in the German league and European competitions. It shows our will,” he said positively.
Kim Min-jae (left) dribbling. /AFPBBNews=News 1 Defending Kim Min-jae (center). /AFPBBNews=News1 Kim Min-jae (right). /AFPBBNews=News1
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