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The English Premier League (EPL) club aiming for Bae Joon-ho appeared.
Ahead of the 2023-2024 season, Bae Jun-ho moved to Stoke City, a member of the English Championship (second division), and succeeded in advancing to Europe. As soon as he entered Stoke, Bae Joon-ho immediately became a key player with an outstanding performance.
Bae Joon-ho scored two goals and six assists in 40 official matches to be named Stoke Player of the Year. After the season, Bae Jun-ho also made his debut for the Korean national team, although he was under interim coach Kim Do-hoon. He finished his best season by reporting his debut goal.
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When Bae Joon-ho achieved tremendous growth in one season, love calls poured in. 1908.nl , a leading Dutch media outlet, said in July that Feyenoord is preparing to enter negotiations to recruit Bae Jun-ho. It is Bae Jun-ho who can play as an offensive midfielder and winger. Feyenoord said he is in direct contact with the player's agent' and that Feyenoord is currently in talks with Bae Joon-ho.
According to Sports Chosun coverage, it was confirmed that Bae Joon-ho actually contacted Feyenoord. However, for Stoke, who wants to challenge for promotion to the EPL, Bae Jun-ho was a player who must keep. Ahead of the 2024-2025 season, Stoke revealed to the world that he is the most important player by entrusting Bae Jun-ho with the number 10, which symbolizes the ace.
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When rumors of Bae Jun-ho's transfer to Feyenoord began to heat up, Team Talk in England at the time said that Feyenoord is not the only team that is really interested in Bae Jun-ho. According to sources, clubs in Germany's Bundesliga and Italy's Serie A are enthusiastic. The three EPL teams are also watching Bae Jun-ho's development. Bae said, "If you show good performance at Stoke, you will realize that you can move to the EPL in 2025, and we are also closely watching Bae in the big leagues."
One of the three EPL clubs that was interested in Bae Jun-ho was Fulham. Reporter Fraser Fletcher, who reported the EPL club's interest in Bae Joon-ho through a team talk at the time, said on his personal SNS on the 12th (Korea time), "Pulum really likes Bae Joon-ho."," he said briefly.
As Fulham showed strong interest in Stoke ace Bae Joon-ho, it has become a hot topic. England 'The72' tells the story of Bae Jun-ho's transfer to Fulham, and Bae Jun-ho is one of the best players in Stoke. He became one of the most talented players in the championship. It is not known how much Fulham are interested in Bae Joon-ho right now, but Stoke will want to hold on to Bae Jun-ho, who has quickly become a valuable resource for the team. Bae Jun-ho predicted that he has signed with Stoke until the summer of 2027, so there is no burden of cashing in immediately.
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It is true that Stoke wants to protect Bae Joon-ho. When Feyenoord tried to recruit Bae Joon-ho, the transfer fee was 9.5 million euros (about 14.2 billion won). Stoke spent 2 million euros (about 3 billion won) when recruiting Bae Joon-ho, so it was a proposal that could generate four times the profit in a year.
€9.5 million must not be an easy amount to reject even for Stoke. Stoke, who began staying in the championship from the 2018-2019 season, has only two players who have sold for more than 9.5 million euros. If Stoke had traded Bae Joon-ho for 9.5 million euros, he could have ranked sixth in the club's highest release ever.
Despite being able to save a lot of money, Stoke decided to keep Bae Jun-ho. 'The72' could also be more beneficial to the club to keep and develop Bae Joon-ho in the long term. If you sell promising Bae Joon-ho right now, you can make a lot of money, but if you perform better this season, you can become a player of greater value,' he claimed.
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The media also mentioned that it will not be easy to find a replacement ahead of the closing of the transfer market when Stoke sold Bae Joon-ho.
The British Football League also dealt with Bae Jun-ho's transfer rumors. As things stand, Fulham's interest in Bae Joon-ho does not appear to have materialized into an actual transfer offer, and Stoke will hope the status quo remains unless he receives an offer he cannot refuse in the coming weeks.
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Bae Jun-ho then became the subject of strong transfer interest from Dutch giants Feyenoord this summer, but Stoke insisted he could not sell Steven Schumacher because he aimed to bring the club to the top of the second division' and noted again that Stoke had already rejected Feyenoord's offer.
The Football League carefully predicted that Stoke would not sell Bae Joon-ho unless the situation changes, but evaluated that although it is not known whether he will move in the transfer market this month at Fulham, the rumor of Bae Joon-ho's transfer should be watched until the transfer market closes.
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