Prince PSG is crazy! The recognition of reporters in the first tier of public confidence is open to Kang-in's transfer, so + EPL's winning candidate aims to recruit in January → The club has no intention of selling
Jan 08, 2025
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James McNicholas, a journalist with global sports media and the most credential in Arsenal news, shed light on Arsenal's transfer market on the 7th (Korea time).
McNicholas said `Asnall can loan overseas players in the January transfer window' and `Dani Olmo's strange situation drew attention, but Olmo intends to remain at Barcelona. One of the names under discussion is Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker Lee Kang-in. Lee Kang-in is considering other options at PSG, even though he regularly plays under Luis Enrique. Lee Kang-in's transfer to Arsenal is open to new challenges.
Then 'PSG does not actively consider selling and highly values Lee Kang-in on and off the field. All transactions will have to be double the 22 million euros (about 66 billion won), which was the minimum amount of Lee Kang-in. If PSG consider a loan with a full transfer option, Arsenal will also be at the negotiating table,' he explained.
Arsenal is one of the strong teams representing the EPL in recent seasons. Although they did not win the league behind Manchester City, Arsenal was the closest team to winning in recent seasons, including this season. Arsenal urgently need to strengthen their wing and attacking midfielder positions due to recent injuries such as Bukayo Saka, Ethan Nwaneri and Martin 외degaard and sluggish Gabriel Martinelli and Leandro Trossar. Lee Kang-in, who can play all the positions, is bound to be an attractive recruitment option.
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PSG's general manager Luis Campos brought in Lee Kang-in, who was very active in Mallorca. Under Luis Enrique, Lee Kang-in melted into PSG. During the first season of PSG, Lee Kang-in played in 36 games and performed well with five goals and five assists, even though it was not easy to adapt to the team due to busy schedules such as the Asian Games and the Asian Cup. In particular, he started in the Trope de Champion (Super Cup) match between PSG and Toulouse and was named the man of the match, earning the nickname 'the new prince of PSG'. This season, he is playing as one of the key PSG players in earnest. He has played in 16 league games, scoring six goals and two assists.
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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Even if Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle show interest once again this winter, it is unclear whether they will really be able to complete the transfer. In some cases, PSG refused to change Lee Kang-in even with a world-class striker. In April last year, Italian media reported that `PSG offered Osimhen the contract period and salary, and Napoli could consider Carlos Soler, Marco Asensio, Lee Kang-in, and Lucas Veraldu to reduce transfer fees during Osimhen's recruitment process.' In particular, Napoli is known to be interested in Lee Kang-in.
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.
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French L'Equipe reporter Roik Tanji also said PSG has no intention of selling Lee Kang-in. Loik Tanji drew the line saying, `PSG has received several inquiries, but he has no intention of breaking up with Lee Kang-in for the time being.'
Attention is focusing on whether Lee Kang-in will continue to receive great attention this winter and take on new challenges.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
