Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich) will return to Italy to clear his name. SSC Napoli are considering a one-year loan deal for Kim Min-jae again. They believe there are no other options.

“Serie A’s best defender, Kim Min-jae, could return to Napoli,” Italian media outlet Spazio Napoli reported on Nov. 18 (KST).

According to the media, recently appointed Napoli coach Antonio Conte wants to bring Alessandro Buonzorno (Torino) and Mario Hermoso (Atletico Madrid) to the club to implement his back three tactics next season.

Buonzorno, an Italian center back born in 1999, is considered one of Italy’s future defenders. The 6-foot-4 center back was born and raised in Turin, where he rose through the youth ranks to make his first-team debut, and his strong performances in Serie A earned him a spot in Italy’s roster for the UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2024).

The 1995-born Spanish defender is out of contract with Atletico at the end of the 2023-24 season and is expected to leave the club as a free agent.

Conte is in need of two new center backs for his preferred back three, but with the prospect of signing the players Conte wants to bring in seemingly impossible, Napoli have been advised to look elsewhere, with Kim Min-Jae and Radu Dragucin (Tottenham Hotspur) the next best options.

“Antonio Conte asked for strength and experience for his back three defense,” Italian journalist Raffaele Aurriemma explained on social media on Monday, according to the outlet.

“However, Hermoso is represented by an agent and Buonzorno is claimed to be overpaid by Urbano Cairo (Turin president), while new Napoli director Giovanni Manna is pushing for Radu Dragucin and Kim Min-Jae,” he added.

Napoli have plenty of reasons to want Kim Min-Jae as their next best option. Immediately, Kim was the best defender in Serie A last season. He became a key 메이저토토사이트 defender as soon as he joined the team and helped Napoli win the Serie A title. The Italian Serie A secretariat recognized his performance and named him Defender of the Year.

With Kim becoming one of the best defenders in Europe, the world’s top clubs were in a race to sign him, with German Bundesliga giants Munich being the winner. Munich agreed to pay Napoli a buyout fee of €50 million (approximately $75 billion) for Kim Min-jae, and he was off to the Bundesliga.

After Kim’s departure to Munich, Napoli felt the absence of Kim desperately. After scoring 77 goals and conceding 28 goals in 38 games last season to reach a high of 90 points (W28 D6 L4), Napoli conceded 48 goals this season, earning only 53 points (W13 D14 L11) and finishing the season in 10th place.

Napoli began to monitor Kim’s situation in the second half of the 2023-24 season when he fell out of contention for a starting role and was relegated to the bench, and with Munich signing new center back Hiroki Ito this summer and the club also pursuing top Bundesliga defender Jonatan Ta, Kim’s space is getting smaller.

According to the media, Napoli are considering a one-year loan deal for Kim Min-jae. “In Napoli’s historic third title-winning season, the best defender in Serie A could return to his parent club, a reunion that would certainly make Napoli supporters 토토사이트 추천 happy for a year,” the outlet said.

“Former Napoli player Kim Min-jae hasn’t had a very happy year at Bayern Munich, and Napoli could bring him back on loan.”

In addition to Kim Min-jae, another potential signing is Romanian monster defender Radu Dragucin, who has been in fine form in Serie A. Dragucin, who joined Tottenham from Genoa in January last year, played just 429 minutes in the second half of the season as he was pushed aside by Micky Van der Vaart and Christian Romero.

“Another name that has been strongly linked with Napoli in the past could come back into vogue, Radu Dragucin, who seemed to take a step back from a move to Napoli in January,” the outlet added, “With his hands full with Euro 2024, Dragucin could be sold by Spurs, who have not given him much time since signing him.”

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