▲Valencia waits for response after proposal for renewal
▲ Local media “Lee Kang-in has been silent for several weeks”
▲ When the transfer market opens next month, we expect to offer recruitment
[골닷컴] Reporter Man-Sung Han = The time is approaching when the new midfielder Lee Kang-in (19), who has emerged as a major concern this winter, will be decided. There are voices that Valencia will have to decide whether to renew his contract or transfer until January.
The news about the renewal of the contract between Lee Kang-in and Valencia, which has continued since last summer, has been stalled for several months. Valencia strongly hopes for a long-term contract with Kang-in Lee. According to local media reports that have been passed on several times, Valencia has already offered a renewal offer that the players are satisfied with financial conditions. However, Lee Kang-in expressed his desire to play in an environment where he can play soccer that suits him with a steady opportunity to play as a player.
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The current contract between Lee Kang-in and Valencia is until June 2022. If Lee Kang-in remains on the team without renewing the contract in the transfer market held for one month in January, his transfer fee value will inevitably decrease when considering the contract period. In fact, the value of Lee Kang-in’s transfer fee is likely not very high even if he leaves Valencia this winter. It is widely known that he has not accepted Valencia’s renewal offer and that the club is experiencing financial difficulties.
On the 25th (local time), Julian Burgos, a reporter from the Spanish daily “As” Valencia, said, “Lee Kang-in has already received an offer to renew the contract. “Valencia will have to decide on a renewal with Lee Kang-in, or his transfer. If Lee Kang-in does not sign a renewal and remains on the team until next summer, he may eventually leave the team at a bargain price.”
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Burgos said, “There may be some clubs that are officially proposing to recruit Lee Kang-in as the Valencia club this January.” “Valencia has not received any reply from Lee Kang-in regarding the renewal of the contract over the past few weeks. He was a youth academy and is showing great interest in making him a’franchise star’ because he is an easy player to target the Asian market.”
Lee Kang-in joined the Valencia Youth Academy in 2011, when he was only 10 years old, and grew into a first-team player. He has been playing a full-time first-team player after signing a formal professional contract with Valencia from last season.
Because of this, Lee Kang-in was unable to play an active part in Valencia Mestaya (2nd Army), which was operated for the purpose of fostering young players early. Valencia signed a professional contract with Kang-in Lee, and his buyout amount was set at 80 million euros (about 107.6 billion won). Some point out that Valencia has intentionally set a high buyout for Lee Kang-in, who grew up on the 1st and 2nd Army schedules at the same time, to prevent the possibility that his transfer fee will fall.