Spanish media reports ahead of contract expiration in June next year
It seems that the distance between Lee Kang-in (20) and his team’s Spanish professional football team Valencia is getting farther apart.
Marca, Spain, said on the 14th (local time), “Lee Kang-in rejected Valencia’s offer to renew the contract last summer.
The club is trying to continue the negotiations, but there is no progress,” he reported.
The media added, “Lee Kang-in is grateful to the club he has been with since his youth days, but he does not prioritize renewal of the contract.”
Torres (21), who grew up in the Valencia youth team with Lee Kang-in, seemed to have established themselves as a starter in the first team last season, but moved to Manchester City (England) in August of last year without reaching an agreement with the club over the issue of renewal.
This means that on June 30 next year, Kang-in Lee, whose contract expires, can leave for another team like Torres.
Lee Kang-in’s theory of transfer is steadily coming out.
Kang-in Lee, who joined the Valencia-affiliated youth team at the age of 10 in 2011, signed a renewal contract with the club in 2018, and made his debut in the first group in the same year.
Valencia considered Lee Kang-in as the’future of the club’ as much as 80 million euros (approximately 16.7 billion won) was paid as a buyout amount at the time.
However, Lee Kang-in was not given many opportunities.
He played three games at the Spanish Primera Liga (La Liga) in the 2018-2019 season as a substitute, and played 17 games in the regular league last season (three starts).
Ahead of this season, I hoped that Javier Gracia’s position will change with the new appointment, but that’s all as a starting point in La Liga’s 12 games (seven starts) and the Copa del Rey (Kings’ Cup).
In addition to the small number of starting appearances, the number of games that played full-time for three seasons is counted in one hand.
“Lee Kang-in received several transfer offers this winter, but did not move,” Marca said.
He doesn’t want better terms, he wants to find a team that can improve himself.” “Valencia has to pay a transfer fee from the transfer market this summer and send him to another team, or let him go without a fee after the contract ends. I will.”
Regarding Lee Kang-in, “It is true that we have not yet settled in the first group, and we have not shown the best skills in various situations such as the manager’s hardship last season and the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
But he is proving his skills even in difficult conditions.”
/yunhap news