Lee Kang-in, worth 110 billion won in buyout, has not yet received an offer to sign this winter
▲ Negotiations for renewal of the contract with Valencia are currently pending
▲ There are many clubs showing interest in Lee Kang-in.
▲”However, due to the high transfer fee, the proposal is still”
[골닷컴] Reporter Man-Sung Han = News that a number of clubs have shown interest in the new midfielder Lee Kang-in (19), whose negotiations for renewal with Valencia were wrong. However, interest has not yet led to the recruitment proposal.
The fact that Lee Kang-in and Valencia’s negotiations for renewal of the contract have reached a standstill has been widely known through local media. Lee Kang-in is hoping to play in the game more steadily and play in an environment where he can grow as a player. For this reason, he has remained silently and inconsistent with Valencia’s proposal for renewal of the contract, which has been subject to a significant weekly increase from the beginning of this season. The current contract between Lee Kang-in and Valencia ends in June 2022, when the next season ends.
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The Spanish sports daily’AS’ announced on the 28th (Korean time) that “Valencia has not received an official proposal for the transfer of Lee Kang-in.” On the same day, Spanish football media’El Desmarque’ also said, “According to internal information, there are too many clubs interested in Lee Kang-in. If a certain level of proposal comes, Lee Kang-in will consider the operation policy of the Valencia club. There is a high possibility of leaving, but Lee Kang-in’s transfer fee set by the club is unrealistic.”
‘As’ said, “Lee Kang-in has no intention of renewing the contract with Valencia as it is,” he added. “Valencia offered to renew Lee Kang-in by 2025 at the beginning of the season, but he declined it.”
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If Valencia cannot sign a renewal contract with Lee Kang-in as soon as possible, the sooner he transfers, the more transfer fees can be collected. If Lee Kang-in finishes this season in Valencia without renewing the contract in its current state, his transfer fee will be lower than now, which will have only one year remaining in the transfer market next summer. In addition, Lee Kang-in can freely conduct transfer negotiations with other clubs from January 2022 under the current contract.
However, the buyout for Lee Kang-in set by Valencia amounted to a whopping 80 million euros (approximately 10 billion won). Considering that Lee Kang-in is still a promising player and the European football transfer market has been hit hard in the aftermath of Corona 19, it is unlikely that a club will appear to invest such a large sum in recruiting him this winter.