Newcastle, Chelsea or Manchester United… To afford Kim Min-jae, pillar of the Neapolitan defense, the competition was fierce. In demand for several months, the 26-year-old South Korean defender finally leaves southern Italy and joins Bavaria until 2028, as we revealed to you recently. A very nice shot made by the high spheres of Munich.
“Hello and welcome to Munich, Min-jae Kim! The South Korean central defender comes to FC Bayern from Italian champions SSC Napoli and has signed a contract until June 30, 2028.specifies the press release from the club trained by Thomas Tuchel to formalize the news.
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Under his new colors, the one who had played 45 matches in all competitions with the Partenopei (2 goals, 2 assists) should receive a salary estimated between 10 and 12 million euros per year. The amount of the operation should meanwhile be around 50 million euros. More attracted to the Premier League, at first, the former Fenerbahce defender finally opted for the Rekordmeister project.
Reigning champion and regularly qualified in the Champions League, Bayern Munich thus offered several interesting guarantees to the South Korean international (49 caps, 3 goals), which is more at a time when the Munich management had to compensate for the departure of Lucas Hernandez to Paris Saint-Germain. With Matthijs de Ligt, Dayot Upamecano and now Kim Min-jae, the German team can count on a world-class defense.
