Lee Kang-in (23, Manchester United) has been selected as Park Ji-sung's successor instead of SON! Manchester United already contacted to recruit → will try to transfer in the next few days
Jan 07, 2025
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Italy's Tutomercato reported on the 6th (Korea time) 'Newcastle and Manchester United are seeking to recruit Lee Kang-in'
Tutomercato said 'Lee Kang-in is one of the players who is expected to be interested in the January transfer market. With six goals and two assists in 24 games at Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) this season, he has been observed several times by scouts from two English Premier League (EPL) clubs. Manchester United and Newcastle have requested information, and will try to move in the coming days. I need to know if PSG is willing to sell him. The first contact has already been made, and the valuation is 40 million euros (about 60 billion won). If negotiations begin, the amount could change,' he said.
Earlier, Son Heung-min was also mentioned about the possibility of a transfer to Manchester United ahead of this winter's transfer market. However, Son Heung-min's transfer became virtually impossible this winter as Tottenham activated a one-year extension option. Manchester United seems to have turned its eyes to recruit Lee Kang-in as the next Korean player after Park Ji-sung.
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This is not the first time that EPL is interested in Lee Kang-in. Already last summer, anonymous EPL clubs and Newcastle reportedly stepped up to recruit Lee Kang-in. At the time, France's Foot Mercato said 'EPL club offered €70 million (about KRW 100 billion) for Lee Kang-in.'" PSG received a significant offer for Lee Kang-in. A huge offer has arrived for PSG, which wants to earn transfer fees to replace Mbappe. According to the information, an anonymous EPL club offered 70 million euros to recruit Lee Kang-in. Lee Kang-in, who transferred for 22 million euros (about 33 billion won) last summer, said he is under contract with PSG until 2028.
Then 'PSG wants to protect Lee Kang-in. He has already rejected the EPL club's offer and wants to keep Lee Kang-in. Lee Kang-in is also very good at PSG, and he doesn't want to leave PSG for the time being. Therefore, Lee Kang-in explained that he will remain at PSG in the 2024-2025 season.
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Director Paul Mitchell and Lee Kang-in's names drew more attention. Paul Mitchell worked as a senior stout at Southampton in the past, forming a team with Pochettino, and later moved to Tottenham with Pochettino to discover several players. Since then, he has grown into one of the leading directors in Europe through RB Leipzig and AS Monaco. Mitchell discovered Sadio Mane and Doosan Tadic at Southampton, and was famous for signing Son Heung-min at Tottenham. Son Heung-min, who joined Tottenham with Mitchell's discovery, has grown into an EPL legend. In addition to Son Heung-min, Dele Alli, Toby Alderweireld, Kieran Trippier and Moussa Sissoko were recruited to help Pochettino and Tottenham achieve their prime.
However, it did not meet the transfer fee that PSG wanted at the time. PSG expressed its intention to reject the huge proposal for Lee Kang-in. Lee Kang-in refused to transfer, considering that PSG considered many things besides the player's performance, as he was competing for the first and second place in PSG's uniform sales in the 2023-2024 season.
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PSG immediately rejected this. European football transfer market expert Fabrizio Romano reported on his personal SNS at the time that `PSG and Napoli's Victor Osimhen transfer negotiations have not progressed since recent talks.' Romano added 'PSG refused to include Lee Kang-in in the deal, and will not trigger a buyout as Napoli wanted. No deal is made under these conditions,' he said, adding that Napoli's offer to include Lee Kang-in was rejected.
Italy's Corriere dello Sport also 'Giovanni met Napoli director and PSG director Luis Campos in constant contact. Negotiations for Osimhen were actually conducted. Napoli wanted more than 100 million euros, and PSG also negotiated. Carlos Soler and Nordi Mukiele were offered to lower the price, but they were not attractive. On the other hand, Napoli likes Lee Kang-in, but PSG will not give up on him, he said, explaining that PSG has no intention of handing him over to Napoli's interest in Lee Kang-in.
Attention is also focusing on whether Lee Kang-in, who received attention from Manchester United and other England stages, will be a hot player heading to the EPL this winter.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
