Kim Min-jae ends Napoli reunion rumors
Antonio Conte and Napoli are apparently not considering a plan to bring back Kim Min-jae.
Gianluca Di Marzio, an Italian transfer market expert, reported on Aug. 8 (KST) that “Napoli are considering Alessandro Buonzorno as their top target for the defender.
In the 2023-2024 season, Napoli failed to show any of the majesty of the defending champions. The changes to the squad were not as significant as in the 2022-2023 season. With head coach Luciano Spalletti gone, and only Kim Min-Jae remaining among the key players, the club faced a massive fall.
After falling from the top of the league to 10th place, Napoli decided to hire Conte, a “championship coach”. Napoli was so desperate that they brought in Conte, a legend as a player and manager at Napoli’s rival Juventus.
Conte is a manager who tries to win every season. He’s no stranger to the Italian scene. He’s won league titles with Juventus and Inter Milan. Despite his failure at Tottenham, Conte deserves to be supported.
As expected, Conte”s first priority is to strengthen his defense, which will be missing Kim Min-Jae. Buonzorno is currently Torino’s first-choice center back. He gradually rose to prominence in the 2021-2022 season, and from the 2022-2023 season, he made the leap into the Torino first team.
Buonzorno is so good that he”s been called up to the Italian national team since 2023. He doesn”t play an aggressive style of defense, but rather one where he gets behind the opposition and forces them to make mistakes. He”s very stable and has a great ability to 안전놀이터 control the defense on the pitch. A center back who can be entrusted with a leadership role at the back. This season, he has also shown his goalscoring ability, scoring three goals in the league.
‘Buonzorno is the first player Conte is targeting to strengthen his defense,’ says Di Marzio. There have been no new contacts so far.
What this transfer rumor does confirm is that Napoli are not considering a return for Kim Min-Jae. Napoli, Inter Milan, and Juventus were all rumored to be interested in signing the player at the end of the season after he lost his place in the starting lineup at Bayern Munich. The speculation continued even as the player expressed his desire to stay at Bayern.
However, Bayern are now reportedly planning to sell either 카지노사이트 추천 Matthijs de Ligt or Dayo Upamecano. The Bavarians are willing to trust Kim until next season. Even if Napoli really wanted to bring Kim back, they would have had to pay at least 50 million euros for him, which would have been a huge price tag.
Buonzorno’s estimated transfer fee is 35 million euros (approximately KRW 52.2 billion) and he’s three years younger than Kim, so he can be sold if Napoli fail to sign him.