Lee Kang-in forced to leave for 'trade' after a year of 'shock' PSG?

Lee Kang-in 23, who is adapting well to Paris Saint-Germain PSG, is faintly connected to Napoli, "Kim Min-jae's former team."

Napoli striker Victor Osimhen 25 is highly likely to move to PSG this summer. He has signed a four-year contract with details of 13 million euros in annual salary. However, news spread that PSG could use Lee Kang-in as a trade card to cut Osimhen's transfer fee as much as possible.

Osimhen, who has been a key striker for Napoli since December 2020, is under contract with the club until June 2025. He moved to Napoli from Lille, France.

Starting with scoring 10 goals in 24 Serie A matches in Italy during the 2020-2021 season, Son has displayed consistent performances. He has scored 14 goals in the 2021-2022 season 27 league matches and 26 goals in the 2022-2023 season 32 league matches. He has played in 19 league matches due to overlapping injuries this season, but has scored 12 goals. He is doing his part.

Notably, Osimhen peaked last season. He properly played the role of "goal striker" in the league, leading his team to win Serie A title for the first time in 33 years. Napoli, who could not afford to miss him, decided to stay after courting him.

However, with rumors of a transfer again over Osimhen, he is strongly connected to PSG.

However, there is a possibility that Lee Kang-in will be entangled in his transfer.

"Il Martino" said, "Napoli highly appreciates Carlos Soler, Marco Asensio, Lee Kang-in midfielder and Lucas Veraldo defender."

The reason why PSG is considering a trade is to make Osimen's transfer fee even a penny cheaper.

Napoli had kept an eye on Lee Kang-in. During the 2022-2023 season when his performance was in full swing at Majorca, Lee was under the radar of Napoli. He was considered as a substitute for Irving Rosano Eindhoven and Hvicha Kravatshelia Napoli.

However, Lee Kang-in, who received attention from a number of clubs including Atletico Madrid at the time, headed to Paris after receiving PSG's love call at the last minute.

Currently, the situation in Naples is the opposite of the atmosphere in which he won the league last season. As of the 31st round of the league, he remains in seventh place. There is no reason for Lee Kang-in to go to Naples, which is already far from the Champions League stage in the next season.

Napoli, who said goodbye to current Italian national team coach Luciano Spaletti just before this season, replaced two players in a row, Rudy Garcia and Walderma. In February, he appointed "the third coach" this season, Francesco Calzona, but he experienced a bitter taste of early elimination in Copa Italy and the UEFA Champions League.

PSG coach Luis Enrique is also likely to see the trade cards negatively. He showed that he has strong confidence in Asensio and Lee Kang-in as starters in the first leg of this season's Champions League quarterfinal against Barcelona.

In addition, Enrique did not hide his praise, saying that Lee Kang-in can be used in various positions and is a technologically outstanding player. 토토사이트 추천

Napoli is a familiar club to Korean soccer fans. This is because it is the team where Kim Min-jae played.

Kim Min-jae played for Napoli last season and greatly contributed to the club's 33-year-old Serie A championship. He was also "officially" recognized for his performance in Naples. In June last year, the Serie A secretariat named Kim Min-jae as the best defender of Serie A in the 2022-2023 season. This was the first time that the Serie A best defender award, which was first established in the 2018-2019 season, went to a winning team member. In addition, Kim Min-jae became the first Asian player to receive the award.

If Lee Kang-in heads to Naples, where Kim Min-jae played, it will be a "downgrade." Lee Kang-in's dream is to play on the Champions League stage from an early age.