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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. Photo = PSG |
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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Rumors of Lee Kang-in's transfer to the English Premier League (EPL) are burning hot.
On the 16th (Korea Standard Time), 「McPhee Media」, which professionally delivers the news of Newcastle, made an official inquiry to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) about Lee Kang-in, a 23-year-old striker, over the past 24 hours. Newcastle's new director, Paul Mitchell, pointed to Lee Kang-in as his dream target in the transfer market.
The media above said that Lee Kang-in, who became the youngest Korean player to compete in the 2019 European Champions League, can play comfortably on both sides and in central midfield. 'The versatile ability is very attractive to Newcastle manager Eddie Howe and director Mitchell' he explained why Newcastle want Lee Kang-in.
In addition, Newcastle think a transfer fee of about 40 million pounds (about 71.7 billion won) will be enough to recruit Lee Kang-in. Lee Kang-in wants to leave PSG to consistently play in the first team, he added.
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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It may not be news to be sure. Each club in the English Premier League (EPL) has such a large fan base that fans who support each club create fan accounts and operate them a lot. Among them, some accounts directly hear and deliver news from inside the club. Locally, these accounts are called 'ITK(In The Know)'.
The Newcastle ITK account is also "McPhee Media", which Newcastle said was interested in Lee Kang-in this time. It is true that the information that comes out through the ITK account is not very reliable. One of the proofs of this is the number of followers on the account.
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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The followers of ITK accounts that fans of each club trust and see are at the level of famous reporters. For example, the account 'ExWhuEmployee', most famous for West Ham ITK, has nearly 160,000 followers. West Ham fans wait every day for information posted by ExWhuEmployee.
However, 'McPhee Media', which conveyed the rumor of Lee Kang-in's transfer to Newcastle, has about 4,800 followers. In other words, it is not an ITK that Newcastle fans believe in.
One thing is for sure, attention to Lee Kang-in is hot during the transfer market. Recently, as rumors of Lee Kang-in's transfer to the EPL have emerged in the French media, interest in Lee Kang-in is increasing significantly.
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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Before the rumor of a transfer to Newcastle, French foot Mercato also 'PSG received a considerable offer for South Korea's attacking midfielder Lee Kang-in. PSG, which is making a transfer fee to replace Kylian Mbappe, who left for Real Madrid, has received a huge offer for Lee Kang-in. The name has not yet been released, but it has been reported that an EPL club has offered Lee Kang-in 70 million euros (about 105.6 billion won).
It has not yet been confirmed whether the anonymous EPL club revealed in Foot Mercato is Newcastle. Lee Kang-in received attention from the EPL club yesterday and today.
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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Since Lee Kang-in was in Mallorca, EPL clubs have moved to recruit Lee Kang-in. Naturally, it is possible because Lee Kang-in showed great potential in Mallorca. In addition, EPL clubs are actively seeking to recruit Asian players amid a situation where they are grasping the attractiveness of the Asian market confirmed through Son Heung-min and Park Ji-sung, recently through Hwang Hee-chan.
At that time, clubs connected to Lee Kang-in included Aston Villa, Wolverhampton, and Burnley. In addition, Javier Garrido, Lee Kang-in's agent, visited several EPL clubs, including Manchester City's home stadium. EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in was so great that Manchester United was also interested in recruiting Lee Kang-in.
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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However, he took Lee Kang-in's buyout from PSG while boldly paying for it. Since Lee Kang-in also performed well at PSG and showed a different level of performance at the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup, no one doubts his skills.
It is speculated that several EPL clubs were interested in Lee Kang-in as he showed a slight deviation from PSG coach Luis Enrique's idea in the second half of last season.
A huge offer arrived for Lee Kang-in, but PSG immediately rejected the offer for Lee Kang-in. Foot Mercato said 'Attacking midfielder Lee Kang-in, who scored three goals and four assists in 23 games in French Ligue 1 last season, seems to have persuaded PSG leadership. PSG has already rejected this offer from the EPL club. It's because he wanted Lee Kang-in to stay."
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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If Foot Mercato's report is really true, it can be inferred that he tried to take Lee Kang-in from the EPL Big Club. There are only top-tier clubs that can invest 70 million euros to bring one player from the EPL.
70 million euros is a huge offer, with Tottenham's highest transfer fee ever of 60 million euros (about 90.5 billion won), where Son Heung-min is active. With Tottenham suddenly unlikely to pay Lee Kang-in the highest transfer fee ever, the remaining clubs are Manchester City, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool.
In fact, Newcastle is also a club run by Saudi Arabian capital, so it has a lot of money, but suddenly cannot spend more than 100 billion won on one player to comply with the profitability and sustainability rules currently in place in the EPL. This is also why the information in 'MacFi Media' is not reliable.
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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PSG also rejected a huge offer. This is because it was an opportunity to sell Lee Kang-in, who was brought for 22 million euros (about 33.1 billion won) for 70 million euros in a year. He did not sell Lee Kang-in even though he could leave twice as much as the return on investment alone. It can be seen that PSG judges Lee Kang-in as a very important player.
Lee Kang-in also did not want to leave PSG. Foot Mercato said 'According to our information, Lee Kang-in feels very good at PSG and does not want to leave the French capital for the time being'
However, rumors of Lee Kang-in's transfer are expected to continue for the time being. PSG, which is aiming for Victor Osimhen, are seeking negotiations with Napoli by adding players and cash. Napoli is one of the clubs that Lee Kang-in has been interested in since he started playing in Mallorca. It is known that he wants Lee Kang-in if he sells Osimen again this time. For the time being, rumors of Lee Kang-in's transfer are expected to come out constantly.
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| Newcastle knocked on Paris Saint-Germain's door to recruit Lee Kang-in, along with the news that the anonymous English Premier League club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Rumors of a Newcastle transfer are somewhat less reliable, but EPL clubs' interest in Lee Kang-in seems to be heating up. |
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