Lee Kangin is alive...'PSG Target' 20-year-old French dribbling genius, Dortmund

Jul 01, 2024

Lee Kangin is alive...'PSG Target' 20-year-old French dribbling genius, Dortmund
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Rayan Sherki, who seemed close to a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), is likely to go to Borussia Dortmund.

In this summer's transfer window, PSG tried to recruit Sherkie. On the 19th (Korea Standard Time), France's L'Equipe sent a transfer offer to Olympique Lyon to recruit young playmaker Cherki. PSG's leadership offered 15 million euros (about 22.3 billion won) and 3 million euros (about 4.5 billion won) in bonus clauses to recruit Sherki, who is in the final season of his contract, according to the report.

Scherky is a genius dribbler who is currently highly anticipated in France. He was born in 2003 and is two years younger than Lee Kang-in, playing as an ace while playing in all the French national teams by age from the age of 16.



Lee Kangin is alive...'PSG Target' 20-year-old French dribbling genius, Dortmund
Cherki, who grew up only in Lyon, one of France's most prestigious clubs, was registered in the first team from the 2020-2021 season and gradually gained ground. Sherki began to emerge as the core of Lyon in the 2022-2023 season. Last season, he scored three goals and nine assists in 39 official games. Based on this record, he was nominated for the French Ligue 1 prospect of the year award, but failed to win the award.

Being nicknamed a dribbling genius, Sherki's greatest strength is dribbling. It has a low center of gravity and instantaneous footwork that can penetrate about two defenders in an instant. The scary thing about Sherkie's dribble is that she is a two-legged man.



Lee Kangin is alive...'PSG Target' 20-year-old French dribbling genius, Dortmund
While dribbling, he uses both his right and left feet to turn freely, beating the defender. Some compare Sherki to Eden Hazard's LOSC reel days. Hazard is not the type of player who accumulates a lot of offensive points, but he has excellent influence on the game by destroying defense through dribbling.

However, Sherkey is the type of player who tries to dribble a lot, so he also has the disadvantage of eating the tempo. However, since he is still young in 2003, there is plenty of room for improvement. It also has kick power enough to be used as a set piece kicker.



PSG was so eager to recruit Sherkie that PSG coach Luis Enrique and general manager Luis Campos even stepped up to recruit Sherkie. Sherkie also wanted to go to PSG.

Lee Kangin is alive...'PSG Target' 20-year-old French dribbling genius, Dortmund
However, Dortmund managed to hijack Sherki. Santi Auna, a French transfer market expert based in Foot Mercato, France, said on his personal SNS on the 1st that "Dortmund is the most advanced in recruiting Sherki." Dortmund confident they can confirm signing in coming days despite PSG's interest" he said.

The transfer seems to be in the final stage now as Scherki was found to have even liked his Dortmund transfer rumors on social media. If Sherki had been recruited, Lee Kang-in could have further increased the difficulty of competing for the main player. It remains to be seen whether PSG will recruit another player as an alternative to Scherky, but it is good news for Lee Kang-in that he failed to recruit a competitor.



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