Kim Minjae's release? No! I'm going to shoot the winner again…Munich unveils 29 FIFA Club World Cup entries including KIM
Kim Minjae's release? No! I'm going to shoot the winner again…Munich unveils 29 FIFA Club World Cup entries including KIM
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Kim Min-jae will go on a trophy hunt with Bayern Munich again.
Munich released the list of participants in the FIFA Club World Cup on the club's official website on the 10th (Korea Standard Time).
Munich unveiled a total of 29 players. Included are legendary Thomas Muller, who will leave the team after the previous season (2024-2025), freshman Jonatantha, Tom Bischoff, and Kim Min-jae, who is rumored to be transferred.
"Today, the team including Manuel Neuer, Mueller and Jamal Musiala will move to Orlando, Florida. After arriving, we will set up a base camp and prepare for the tournament," the team said.
And they revealed the players who were ready to leave for the U.S. The players on the list were vividly seen moving with their luggage. There was also a scene where Kim Min-jae had earphones in his ear.
Munich will participate in the upcoming FIFA Club World Cup on June 16. It is currently in Group C along with Auckland City (New Zealand), Benfica (Portugal), and Boca Juniors (Argentina). It will have a showdown with Oakland City at 1 a.m. on Saturday.
Munich also plans to introduce a new uniform for the first time at the match on the 16th.
The team unveiled Tuesday its home uniform for the next season (2025-2026). You can also see Kim Min-jae wearing it as a model. He also said he will wear it for the first time in a showdown with the Oakland City.
Munich will do its best for this Club World Cup. This is because the competition has been reorganized and the prize money is huge.
FIFA announced at the executive committee on the 6th (Korea Standard Time) that it will revise its budget revenue target for 2023-2026. FIFA said it will allocate 1 billion U.S. dollars (about 1.4429 trillion won) in prize money at the upcoming Club World Cup in the U.S. in June and July according to the results of the agreement with DAZN, which received funding from Saudi Arabia.
It is a huge prize money. FIFA predicts that FIFA will bring in about 2 billion U.S. dollars at this year's Club World Cup. Among them, tickets and accommodation income from 63 matches to be held in 12 cities were estimated to be 500 million dollars. However, FIFA did not explain in detail how the prize money was distributed.
What attracted the attention of Korean soccer fans is Kim Min-jae's move. There were many predictions that Kim Min-jae would leave Munich this summer, and rumors of a transfer continued until recently.
British media 'TBR Football' reported on the 10th that "Kim Min-jae received proposals from several Premier League clubs, including Tottenham."
"Bayern Munich (Kim Min-jae's team) is trying to release either Kim Min-jae or Dayo Upamecano, but Upamecano is set to renew his contract with Munich. Candidates for Kim Min-jae's destination include Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Newcastle United. Tottenham needs a substitute for Christian Romero," he said.
It is attracting attention in that it is pushing for Kim Min-jae to join the team again for the first time in five years.
Tottenham entered the recruitment of Kim Min-jae at Mourinho's recommendation in 2020.
However, Tottenham's leadership also hesitated to spend billions of won to secure Kim Min-jae, and eventually, Kim Min-jae moved to Fenerbahce, a prestigious Turkiye, and began his European career the following year. After playing for Fenerbahce for a year, he moved to Naples and led the Serie A championship, and Kim Min-jae jumped into one of the best defenders in Europe.
When Mourinho was in charge of AS Roma in January 2023, he told an anecdote related to Kim Min-jae's team, Naples, Italy, when he clashed. Revealing that he made a video call over Son Heung-min's phone to bring Kim Min-jae when he was the Tottenham manager, he praised Kim Min-jae as a paradoxical way of combining "trash" and Kim Min-jae, saying, "The 'trashy defender' who did not bring him because he had no transfer fee from Tottenham."
However, his connection with Premier League clubs such as Kim Min-jae and Tottenham is rather humiliating. The main point of the move is that the Munich club made a "reverse offer" to sell Kim to six Premier League clubs. As a result, the transfer fee was found to have been cut by 30 percent to 35 million euros (54.5 billion won) instead of 50 million euros (77.8 billion won) originally set by Munich.
Kim Min-jae, who is constantly at the center of transfer rumors, heads to the U.S. with Munich. Some fans are worried. Kim Min-jae's injury problems have hampered him throughout the season. Achilles tendon injuries and various music problems have hampered him. Time has passed since the end of the season. It is questionable how far Kim Min-jae's condition has recovered. 스포츠토토
If Kim Min-jae has recovered to some extent, he is expected to work with a new partner.
Munich recently recruited Ta. Ta is a defender of Doak (center back). He played for Leverkusen until the very last minute. He is one of the main players of the Bundesliga's undefeated victory in the 2023-2024 season. He has the same position as Kim Min-jae. If the two players play together, Munich's midfield is expected to become stronger.