It seems that Kim Min-jae (Fenerbahce), the ‘monster defender’ of Korean football, has only an ‘announcement’ left for Italy’s SSC Naples.
Whether or not Kim Min-jae, the main center back of the national team, will be transferred to Naples last weekend, was the biggest concern in the Korean football world.
Local reports were lined up that Kim Min-jae was going to Naples, but an official announcement from Naples had not yet been released.
In the meantime, Italian media ‘Italian Football TV’ released Kim Min-jae’s ‘clothing official’ through Twitter.
In the photo, Kim Min-jae is wearing a Neapolitan sky-blue uniform and smiling brightly with thumbs up towards the camera.
Kim Min-jae’s signature cross tattoo on his left arm is also clear, so it seems that the photo is not ‘synthetic’.
Italian Football TV already posted this picture on Twitter on the 23rd.
He also wrote, “Kim Min-jae is only one step away from joining Napoli.”
Negotiations between Kim Min-jae and Naples seem to have left only the final coordination of details.
According to local reports, Napoli are known to pay 19.5 million euros (about 26.1 billion won) as a transfer fee to their current team, Fenerbahce, to sign Kim Min-jae.
The contract between Naples and Kim Min-jae is until 2025, with a two-year extension option, and an annual salary of 2.5 million euros (about 3.35 billion won).
/yunhap news